Start Caleb Williams or Daniel Jones? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Caleb Williams over Daniel Jones in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Caleb Williams at 17.8 points and Daniel Jones at 16.6, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Caleb Williams's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 17.8 fantasy points for Caleb Williams, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Caleb Williams is 226 passing yards and 1-2 passing touchdowns, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.6 fantasy points for Daniel Jones, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Daniel Jones is 235 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 7 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (12, 10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Caleb Williams 1.2 points ahead of Daniel Jones on the market projections.

Injury status

Caleb Williams is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Daniel Jones is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Daniel Jones played 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 189 times and threw an average of 7.3 air yards per attempt.

Daniel Jones, Week 2 against KC: 65 of 65 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 210 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 10 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 3 against HOU: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 5 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 4 against WAS: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 5 against PIT: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 4 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.

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.

In 2025, Daniel Jones played 13 games for IND and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He completed 261 of 384 passes for 3101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Caleb Williams over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Caleb Williams.
• Start Caleb Williams over Bryce Young.
• Start Daniel Jones over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Daniel Jones over Bo Nix.
• Start Daniel Jones over Bryce Young.