Start Caleb Williams or Bryce Young? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Bryce Young over Caleb Williams in Week 6.

Caleb Williams is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Bryce Young.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Bryce Young, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Bryce Young at 234.5 passing yards (3 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.6 fantasy points for Caleb Williams, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Caleb Williams at 219.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (8, 9 and 10 market sources).

That puts Caleb Williams 0.6 points ahead of Bryce Young on the market projections.

Injury status

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Caleb Williams is listed as out with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Bryce Young played 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 175 times and threw an average of 9.1 air yards per attempt.

Bryce Young, Week 1 against CHI: 61 of 68 snaps, 23 of 37 passes for 361 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 10 yards.

Bryce Young, Week 2 against ATL: 62 of 66 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 287 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.

Bryce Young, Week 3 against CLE: 77 of 77 snaps, 26 of 47 passes for 291 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

Bryce Young, Week 4 against DET: 75 of 75 snaps, 29 of 41 passes for 329 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 7 yards.

Through Week 2, Caleb Williams played 93 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 70 times and threw an average of 7.9 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Bryce Young played 16 games for CAR and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.

He completed 304 of 478 passes for 3011 yards, 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 54 times for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Caleb Williams, Week 18 of 2025 against DET: 20 of 33 passes for 212 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 1 yards, 17.6 PPR points.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bryce Young over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Bryce Young.
• Start Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Brock Purdy over Caleb Williams.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Caleb Williams.
• Start Dak Prescott over Caleb Williams.