Start Jayden Daniels or Caleb Williams? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jayden Daniels over Caleb Williams in Week 6.

Caleb Williams is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Jayden Daniels.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.7 fantasy points for Jayden Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Jayden Daniels at 205.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 34.5 rushing yards, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (9, 11, 10 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.8 fantasy points for Caleb Williams, with 70 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Caleb Williams at 219.5 passing yards, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (4 and 5 market sources).

That puts Jayden Daniels 0.9 points ahead of Caleb Williams on the market projections.

Injury status

Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.

Caleb Williams is listed as out with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jayden Daniels played 84 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 98 times and threw an average of 8.9 air yards per attempt.

Jayden Daniels, Week 1 against PHI: 70 of 70 snaps, 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 31 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 2 against DAL: 39 of 71 snaps, 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 7 carries for 69 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 5 against NYG: 62 of 62 snaps, 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 104 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jayden Daniels played 7 games for WAS and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He completed 114 of 188 passes for 1262 yards, 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran 58 times for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 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.

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 Jayden Daniels over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jayden Daniels.
• Start Jayden Daniels over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Brock Purdy over Caleb Williams.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Caleb Williams.
• Start Dak Prescott over Caleb Williams.