Head to head · July 2026 draft-day read
Davante Adams or Jameson Williams?
Davante Adams was the stronger 2025 producer — 13.8 vs 11.0 half-PPR points per game, at essentially the same July 2026 draft cost (ADP 38.1 vs 42.6). That gap was the draft-day case for Davante Adams.
This week's projections are in the Week 9 start/sit card below. The July 2026 draft-day read that follows is opinion, framed from the cited 2025 data.
This week's start/sit · Half-PPR
Week 9: start Davante Adams or Jameson Williams?
Jameson Williams by default: Davante Adams is on injured reserve in Week 9.
Jameson Williams projects for 10.0 pts.
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WR · DET
Jameson Williams
10.0 pts projected · range 3.6–18.9
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Can't start · Injured reserve
Davante Adams
On injured reserve (LAR, as of the Week 8 roster) — can't start in Week 9.
2026 season · the games so far
2026 head-to-head so far
Through Week 8, Davante Adams has out-scored Jameson Williams by 2.6 PPR points per game, 17.0 to 14.4 (Davante Adams 6 games, Jameson Williams 7 games).
Through Week 8 · Week 8 in progress — 13 of 14 games final · nflverse stats as of
| Davante Adams | Metric | Jameson Williams |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Games | 7 |
| 17.0 | PPR points per game | 14.4 |
| 21% | Target share | 19% |
| 8.2 | Targets per game | 6.3 |
| 74% | Snap share | 88% |
| 12.1 | PPR points per game, last 3 games | 20.6 |
Purple marks the higher figure. Shares are team-relative, averaged per game; snap share counts only games with a published snap count. "Last 3 games" is each player's own last 3 games played. A dash means no 2026 figure. 2026 regular season via nflverse.
Game by game: Davante Adams · Jameson Williams
Draft-day record · July 2026
The July 2026 draft-day read
This is the July 2026 pre-draft read, kept as published. Every ADP and market figure on this page comes from the Fantasy Football Calculator snapshot of Jul 15, 2026 and is not updated in-season — 2026 drafts are over and ADP has stopped moving. In-season tools
Metric by metric
The tale of the tape
| Davante Adams | Metric | Jameson Williams |
|---|---|---|
| 38.1 (WR20) | Draft ADP (July 2026) | 42.6 (WR21) |
| 39 | Overall ADP rank (July 2026) | 43 |
| 13.8 | Fantasy points / game | 11.0 |
| 25.1% | Target share | 18.6% |
| 20.5% | Target share, last 3 games (2025) | 16.6% |
| 46 | Sleeper search rank (July 2026) | 52 |
Purple marks the better figure. A dash means the engine did not cite that metric for that player. 2025 regular season via nflverse · ADP via Fantasy Football Calculator, Jul 15, 2026 snapshot.
The consensus read
July 2026 drafts separated them by a hair — Davante Adams at ADP 38.1, Jameson Williams at ADP 42.6. On 2025 production it is 13.8 vs 11.0 half-PPR points per game.
What had to be true
This call flipped on beliefs that were checkable at the time. Every belief was tied to a checkpoint: the exact data point that would confirm or deny it, with its value at the time of the July 2026 read.
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Checkpoint · Jameson Williams
Target share, last 3 games vs season (2025)
16.6% last 3 vs 18.6% season (2025) · as of July 2026
Strong move if you believed
Jameson Williams's target share is fading from the season baseline
Poor move if instead
Jameson Williams's late-2025 target dip was matchup noise, not a role change
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Checkpoint · Davante Adams
Target share, last 3 games vs season (2025)
20.5% last 3 vs 25.1% season (2025) · as of July 2026
Strong move if you believed
Davante Adams's late-2025 target dip was matchup noise, not a role change
Poor move if instead
Davante Adams's target share is fading from the season baseline
Sources: Fantasy Football Calculator · Sleeper · nflverse. Every figure here is a value the analysis engine cited from the underlying data. Stats are 2025 regular season via nflverse (CC-BY 4.0); ADP via Fantasy Football Calculator (Jul 15, 2026 snapshot, not updated in-season).
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