{
  "id": 16096375,
  "title": "Fantasy Football Week 7 Start 'Em Sit 'Em: Drake Maye or Caleb Williams?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/fantasy-football-week-7-start-em-sit-em-drake-maye-or-caleb-williams",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T19:43:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/fantasy-football-week-7-start-194350157.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Thursday Night Football brings the Patriots and Bears to Chicago for a matchup featuring two young quarterbacks: Drake Maye and Caleb Williams. Both prospects have shown potential early in their NFL careers and have the upside to be QB1 options in fantasy football. After analyzing the defensive stats of both teams, it appears that Drake Maye offers the better matchup for fantasy players.\n\nMaye averages 30.5 passing attempts, 19.5 completions, 217 passing yards, 1.8 touchdowns, and 1.2 interceptions per game, with an additional 5.7 rushing attempts, 301 rushing yards, 0.2 touchdowns, and 0.8 fumbles per game. Despite a minor slump in his recent performances, Maye's rushing ability and high PFF Passing Grade rank (9th) make him a strong fantasy option.\n\nOn the other hand, Williams averages 30.3 passing attempts, 22.0 completions, 237 passing yards, 1.0 touchdown, and 0.3 interceptions per game, with 3.2 rushing attempts, 37 rushing yards, 0.7 touchdowns, and 0.7 fumbles per game. While he ranks higher in EPA per Dropback (4th) than Maye, his fantasy grade from PFF (22nd) is lower. The Patriots also rank higher in Fantasy Points Allowed to Quarterbacks (7th) compared to the Bears (19th).\n\nConsidering the advanced metrics and recent form, Drake Maye is projected to be the better fantasy pick in Week 7, offering a favorable matchup and higher rushing upside compared to Caleb Williams.",
  "summary": "Drake Maye and Caleb Williams face each other on Thursday Night Football, and one has the better fantasy football outlook as a must-start quarterback in Week 7.",
  "key_points": [
    "Drake Maye offers better matchup for fantasy players against Bears.",
    "Caleb Williams has higher EPA per Dropback but lower fantasy grade.",
    "Patriots allow fewer Fantasy Points to Quarterbacks than Bears."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}