Start Caleb Williams or Jalen Hurts? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Caleb Williams over Jalen Hurts in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Caleb Williams at 17.8 points and Jalen Hurts at 17.0, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are 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 17.0 fantasy points for Jalen Hurts, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalen Hurts is 211 passing yards and 1-2 passing touchdowns, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (11, 13 and 9 market sources).

That puts Caleb Williams 0.8 points ahead of Jalen Hurts on the market projections.

Injury status

Caleb Williams is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Jalen Hurts 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, Jalen Hurts played 99 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 179 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Jalen Hurts, Week 2 against TEN: 76 of 76 snaps, 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 5 carries for 16 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 3 against CHI: 46 of 50 snaps, 16 of 25 passes for 153 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 25 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 4 against LAR: 61 of 61 snaps, 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 18 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 5 against JAX: 62 of 62 snaps, 21 of 40 passes for 220 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 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, Jalen Hurts played 16 games for PHI and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He completed 294 of 454 passes for 3224 yards, 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 105 times for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 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 Jalen Hurts over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jalen Hurts.
• Start Jalen Hurts over Bryce Young.