Start Caleb Williams or Patrick Mahomes? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Patrick Mahomes over Caleb Williams
- Market projects
- 17.3
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 17.8
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 93%
- Through Week 2
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Our Week 6 call
Start Patrick Mahomes over Caleb Williams in Week 6.
Caleb Williams is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Patrick Mahomes.
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What the market projects
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).
Player markets imply 17.3 fantasy points for Patrick Mahomes, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Patrick Mahomes at 227.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (8, 10 and 10 market sources).
That puts Caleb Williams 0.5 points ahead of Patrick Mahomes on the market projections.
Injury status
Caleb Williams is listed as out with a hamstring injury.
Patrick Mahomes 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 4, Patrick Mahomes played 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 142 times and threw an average of 7.0 air yards per attempt.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 1 against DEN: 69 of 69 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 184 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 27 yards.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 2 against IND: 80 of 80 snaps, 32 of 47 passes for 382 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 17 yards.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 3 against MIA: 52 of 52 snaps, 20 of 24 passes for 246 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 1 yards.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 4 against LV: 60 of 60 snaps, 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 1 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.
In 2025, Patrick Mahomes played 14 games for KC and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.
He completed 315 of 502 passes for 3587 yards, 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 64 times for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB4 · CHI · bye 10
2025 vs pass yds line 10-7
- Overall rank
- 34
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
QB6 · KC · bye 5
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 38
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board4
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 3
- Board size173 draftable players
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