Should I start Courtland Sutton or Malik Willis in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Malik Willis's market-based projection is 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 77 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 188 times and thrown 9.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 26 of 188 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.

In Week 4 against MIN he completed 9 of 17 passes for 85 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.

In Week 5 against CIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 137 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 74 yards.

In Week 7 against NYJ he completed 14 of 21 passes for 208 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 39 yards.

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 Willis played 4 games and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.

He threw for 422 yards on 35 attempts with 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 8.8 attempts a game at 12.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Courtland Sutton was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Malik Willis 12.8, 0.1 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton finished WR13 and Malik Willis QB45, which are two different ladders.

Courtland Sutton is a wide receiver and Malik Willis a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

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