Start Caleb Williams or Deshaun Watson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Caleb Williams over Deshaun Watson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Caleb Williams at 17.7 points and Deshaun Watson at 16.9, a gap of 0.9. 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 17.7 fantasy points for Caleb Williams, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Caleb Williams is 225 passing yards and 1-2 passing touchdowns, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.9 fantasy points for Deshaun Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 201 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 29 rushing yards, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (8, 8, 8 and 10 market sources).

That puts Caleb Williams 0.9 points ahead of Deshaun Watson on the market projections.

Injury status

Caleb Williams is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Deshaun Watson 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, Deshaun Watson played 100 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 183 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.

Deshaun Watson, Week 2 against TB: 58 of 58 snaps, 24 of 30 passes for 238 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 24 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 3 against CAR: 69 of 70 snaps, 16 of 30 passes for 144 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 9 carries for 47 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 4 against PIT: 64 of 64 snaps, 24 of 33 passes for 268 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 5 carries for 24 yards.

Deshaun Watson, Week 5 against NYJ: 68 of 68 snaps, 15 of 33 passes for 155 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 6 carries for 40 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Caleb Williams over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Caleb Williams.
• Start Caleb Williams over Bryce Young.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Deshaun Watson.