Start Caleb Williams or Jalon Daniels? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Caleb Williams over Jalon Daniels in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Caleb Williams at 17.8 points and Jalon Daniels at 15.7, a gap of 2.1. 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 21% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.7 fantasy points for Jalon Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalon Daniels is 177 passing yards and 38 rushing yards, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (11, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Caleb Williams 2.1 points ahead of Jalon Daniels on the market projections.

Injury status

Caleb Williams is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Jalon Daniels 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, Jalon Daniels played 68 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 71 times and threw an average of 6.0 air yards per attempt.

Jalon Daniels, Week 3 against MIN: 4 of 69 snaps, 0 of 3 passes for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 9 yards.

Jalon Daniels, Week 4 against GB: 63 of 64 snaps, 19 of 27 passes for 148 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 8 carries for 55 yards.

Jalon Daniels, Week 5 against DAL: 72 of 72 snaps, 19 of 25 passes for 189 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 25 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 Jalon Daniels over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jalon Daniels over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jalon Daniels.