Caleb Williams vs. Tyler Shough: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Caleb Williams. Tyler Shough 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. Tyler Shough: Week 8 side by side

Caleb Williams
QB · CHI
Tyler Shough
QB · NO
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
Our callFLEX · StreamerSIT · No projection

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Caleb Williams vs. Tyler Shough Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Caleb Williams or Tyler Shough in Week 8?

Start Caleb Williams. Tyler Shough 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 Tyler Shough?

Caleb Williams plays SEA and Tyler Shough 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. Tyler Shough?

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 Tyler Shough playing in Week 8?

Caleb Williams has no injury designation, and Tyler Shough 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 Tyler Shough 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 Tyler Shough 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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