Start Drake Maye or Caleb Williams? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Drake Maye over Caleb Williams in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Drake Maye at 19.6 points and Caleb Williams at 18.8, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Drake Maye at ADP 50 and Caleb Williams at 87.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 19.6 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drake Maye is 249 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 30 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 12 and 13 market sources).

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 (11, 14, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Drake Maye 0.8 points ahead of Caleb Williams on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Drake Maye and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 17.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 14th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 229 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against CHI, with 0.6 interceptions.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Drake Maye has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Drake Maye is not on the injury report.

Caleb Williams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Drake Maye played 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 214 times and threw an average of 9.0 air yards per attempt.

Drake Maye, Week 3 against JAX: 51 of 63 snaps, 14 of 25 passes for 199 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 4 carries for 18 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 4 against BUF: 76 of 76 snaps, 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 6 carries for 56 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 5 against LV: 75 of 75 snaps, 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 29 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 6 against NYJ: 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 25 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Drake Maye played 17 games for NE and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He completed 354 of 492 passes for 4394 yards, 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 103 times for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Drake Maye over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Drake Maye over Brock Purdy.
• Start Drake Maye over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Caleb Williams over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Caleb Williams over Brock Purdy.
• Start Caleb Williams over C.J. Stroud.