Courtland Sutton or Malik Washington: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The player markets price Malik Washington at 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 111th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 87.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 196.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 74 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against KC he caught 2 of 5 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Malik Washington has been on the field for 85 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against LV he caught 3 of 8 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 6.1 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton finished WR13 that year and Malik Washington WR54.

Courtland Sutton had 59 more targets than Malik Washington, 124 to 65.

Courtland Sutton had 700 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 1017 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 74 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Courtland Sutton is off in Week 10 and Malik Washington in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.