Start Lamar Jackson or Caleb Williams? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Lamar Jackson over Caleb Williams in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Lamar Jackson at 19.1 points and Caleb Williams at 17.2, a gap of 1.9. Drafters take Lamar Jackson at ADP 57 and Caleb Williams at 87.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 19.1 fantasy points for Lamar Jackson, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Lamar Jackson is 237 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 26 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (12, 13, 12 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.2 fantasy points for Caleb Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Caleb Williams is 228 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 22 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (9, 12, 10 and 8 market sources).

That puts Lamar Jackson 1.9 points ahead of Caleb Williams on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Lamar Jackson and BAL visit BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 22.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 299 yards and 2-3 touchdowns a game against BUF, with 0.5 interceptions a game.

Caleb Williams and CHI visit SEA on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SEA allowed 11.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 158 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against SEA, with 1.1 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Lamar Jackson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Lamar Jackson is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Caleb Williams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 4, Lamar Jackson played 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and threw an average of 10.4 air yards per attempt.

Lamar Jackson, Week 1 against IND: 68 of 68 snaps, 17 of 24 passes for 324 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 43 yards.

Lamar Jackson, Week 2 against NO: 58 of 58 snaps, 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 34 yards.

Lamar Jackson, Week 3 against DAL: 64 of 64 snaps, 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 6 carries for 50 yards.

Lamar Jackson, Week 4 against TEN: 33 of 64 snaps, 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 20 yards.

Through Week 7, Caleb Williams played 97 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 150 times and threw an average of 7.0 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: 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Lamar Jackson played 13 games for BAL and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.

He completed 192 of 302 passes for 2549 yards, 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 67 times for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 92 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 8 calls

• Start Dak Prescott over Lamar Jackson.
• Start Drake Maye over Lamar Jackson.
• Start Lamar Jackson over Jacoby Brissett.
• Start Caleb Williams over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Caleb Williams over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Caleb Williams over Bo Nix.