Start Caleb Williams or Jordan Love? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Caleb Williams over Jordan Love
- Market projects
- 18.0
- recent weeks avg
- TB D vs QB
- 13.1
- 4th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 17.0
- fantasy pts
- NE D vs QB
- 15.7
- 10th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Jordan Love for Caleb Williams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Caleb Williams projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 8 games), Jordan Love 132 (16.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Caleb Williams over Jordan Love.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Caleb Williams over Jordan Love in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Caleb Williams at 18.0 points and Jordan Love at 17.0, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Caleb Williams this week yet, so his 18.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (18.0, 18.5 and 17.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Caleb Williams at ADP 87 and Jordan Love at 152.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Caleb Williams yet. His market-based projections were 18.0, 18.5 and 17.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 18.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
Player markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Jordan Love, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Jordan Love is 274 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 5 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (10, 11, 10 and 7 market sources).
That puts Caleb Williams 1.0 points ahead of Jordan Love on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Caleb Williams and CHI host TB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
TB allowed 13.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 4th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 220 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against TB, with 1.5 interceptions a game.
Jordan Love and GB visit NE on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
NE allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 10th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 236 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against NE, with 0.6 interceptions a game.
By points allowed to the position, Jordan Love has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Caleb Williams is not on the injury report.
Jordan Love is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Caleb Williams played 97 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 186 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.
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: 77 of 77 snaps, 30 of 36 passes for 305 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 4 yards.
Caleb Williams, Week 7 against NE: 69 of 69 snaps, 22 of 33 passes for 308 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 19 yards.
Caleb Williams, Week 8 against SEA: 24 of 34 passes for 247 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 2 yards.
Through Week 8, Jordan Love played 100 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 327 times and threw an average of 9.2 air yards per attempt.
Jordan Love, Week 5 against CHI: 59 of 61 snaps, 25 of 31 passes for 367 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.
Jordan Love, Week 6 against DAL: 75 of 75 snaps, 23 of 41 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 14 yards.
Jordan Love, Week 7 against DET: 67 of 67 snaps, 27 of 45 passes for 274 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Jordan Love, Week 8 against CAR: 69 of 69 snaps, 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.
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.
In 2025, Jordan Love played 15 games for GB and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.
He completed 291 of 439 passes for 3381 yards, 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 47 times for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Jordan Love for Caleb Williams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Caleb Williams projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 8 games), Jordan Love 132 (16.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Caleb Williams over Jordan Love.
Should I drop Caleb Williams for Jordan Love?
No. Keep Caleb Williams: he projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 8 games), Jordan Love 132 (16.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Caleb Williams over Jordan Love.
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