Should I start Quentin Johnston or Kyle Williams in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Quentin Johnston is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Quentin Johnston's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 36 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 17.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 9.3 a game between them.

Quentin Johnston finished WR34 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Quentin Johnston had 64 more targets than Kyle Williams, 85 to 21.

Quentin Johnston had 526 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 735 to 209.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 36 percent.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7 and Kyle Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.