Start Matthew Stafford or Caleb Williams? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Matthew Stafford over Caleb Williams in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Matthew Stafford at 23.3 points and Caleb Williams at 17.8, a gap of 5.5. 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 23.3 fantasy points for Matthew Stafford, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Matthew Stafford is 284 passing yards and 2-3 passing touchdowns, with a 7% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 13 market sources).

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).

That puts Matthew Stafford 5.5 points ahead of Caleb Williams on the market projections.

Injury status

Matthew Stafford is not on the injury report.

Caleb Williams is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Matthew Stafford played 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 224 times and threw an average of 8.8 air yards per attempt.

Matthew Stafford, Week 2 against NYG: 62 of 62 snaps, 22 of 30 passes for 327 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 3 against DEN: 86 of 86 snaps, 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 13 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 4 against PHI: 84 of 84 snaps, 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 11 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 5 against BUF: 82 of 82 snaps, 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

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, Matthew Stafford played 17 games for LAR and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He completed 388 of 597 passes for 4707 yards, 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 29 times for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 99 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 Matthew Stafford over Brock Purdy.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Bryce Young.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Dak Prescott.
• Start Caleb Williams over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Caleb Williams.
• Start Caleb Williams over Bryce Young.