Start Brock Purdy or Caleb Williams? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Caleb Williams over Brock Purdy in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Caleb Williams at 18.8 points and Brock Purdy at 16.9, a gap of 1.9. No player market is posted for Brock Purdy this week yet, so his 16.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (17.6 and 16.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Caleb Williams at ADP 87 and Brock Purdy at 86.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.8 fantasy points for Caleb Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Caleb Williams is 248 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 21 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (10, 13, 12 and 13 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Brock Purdy yet. His market-based projections were 17.6 and 16.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 16.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Caleb Williams 1.9 points ahead of Brock Purdy on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Caleb Williams and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 15.0 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 223 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against NE, with 0.6 interceptions.

Brock Purdy and SF visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 19.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 261 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against ATL, with 0.2 interceptions.

By points allowed to the position, Brock Purdy has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Caleb Williams is not on the injury report.

Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Caleb Williams played 93 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 111 times and threw an average of 6.4 air yards per attempt.

Caleb Williams, Week 1 against CAR: 75 of 75 snaps, 21 of 29 passes for 269 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 10 carries for 65 yards.

Caleb Williams, Week 2 against MIN: 64 of 74 snaps, 15 of 26 passes for 138 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 5 carries for 42 yards.

Caleb Williams, Week 6 against ATL: 30 of 36 passes for 305 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 4 yards.

Through Week 5, Brock Purdy played 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 156 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.

Brock Purdy, Week 2 against MIA: 44 of 52 snaps, 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 30 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 3 against ARI: 54 of 54 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 297 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 35 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 4 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 31 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 5 against SEA: 60 of 60 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 8 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Caleb Williams played 17 games for CHI and scored 325.2 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB5.

He completed 330 of 568 passes for 3942 yards, 27 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 77 times for 383 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Caleb Williams over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Caleb Williams over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Dak Prescott over Caleb Williams.
• Start Brock Purdy over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over C.J. Stroud.