Should I start A.J. Brown or Malik Washington in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

A.J. Brown's market-based projection is 15.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Malik Washington's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 60 percent of NE snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 3 of 10 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Malik Washington has been on the field for 85 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 11.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 5 of 10 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 2 times for 3 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 1 time for 18 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Malik Washington played 17 games and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 6.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Malik Washington was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 7.8 a game between them.

A.J. Brown finished WR11 that year and Malik Washington WR54.

A.J. Brown had 56 more targets than Malik Washington, 121 to 65.

A.J. Brown had 686 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 1003 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 60 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11 and Malik Washington in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

A.J. Brown is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Malik Washington has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.