Start Dak Prescott or Caleb Williams? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dak Prescott over Caleb Williams in Week 6.

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

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.7 fantasy points for Dak Prescott, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Dak Prescott at 277.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (10, 12 and 10 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 (7, 7 and 9 market sources).

That puts Dak Prescott 1.1 points ahead of Caleb Williams on the market projections.

Injury status

Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.

Caleb Williams is listed as out with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dak Prescott played 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 209 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Dak Prescott, Week 2 against WAS: 55 of 55 snaps, 26 of 31 passes for 279 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 26 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 3 against BAL: 74 of 74 snaps, 25 of 40 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 19 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 4 against HOU: 78 of 78 snaps, 32 of 45 passes for 335 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 7 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 5 against TB: 60 of 60 snaps, 24 of 42 passes for 316 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions.

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, Dak Prescott played 17 games for DAL and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.

He completed 404 of 600 passes for 4552 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 53 times for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 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 Dak Prescott over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Dak Prescott.
• Start Dak Prescott over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Brock Purdy over Caleb Williams.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Caleb Williams.
• Start Jayden Daniels over Caleb Williams.