Caleb Williams vs. Brock Purdy: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Caleb Williams. Brock Purdy is on a bye, and Caleb Williams is projected for 15.4 PPR points vs SEA.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Caleb Williams vs. Brock Purdy: Week 8 side by side

Caleb Williams
QB · CHI
Brock Purdy
QB · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)15.4—
Floor (lowest source)11.3—
Ceiling (highest source)16.8—
StatChasers projection16.8 (QB15)—
Opponentvs SEABye
Opponent vs. position2nd-toughest (11.6 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage——
PositionQBQB
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Caleb Williams vs. Brock Purdy Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Caleb Williams or Brock Purdy in Week 8?

Start Caleb Williams. Brock Purdy is on a bye, while Caleb Williams projects for 15.4 PPR points vs SEA.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Caleb Williams or Brock Purdy?

Caleb Williams plays SEA and Brock Purdy is on a bye in Week 8.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Caleb Williams vs. Brock Purdy?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are Caleb Williams and Brock Purdy playing in Week 8?

Caleb Williams has no injury designation, and Brock Purdy is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Caleb Williams and Brock Purdy projections come from?

Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Caleb Williams is projected by 6 of them and Brock Purdy by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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