Should I start D'Andre Swift or Malik Willis in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on D'Andre Swift, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for D'Andre Swift is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Malik Willis's market-based projection is 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 38th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

D'Andre Swift's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 60 percent of CHI snaps, taken 49 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 14 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 9 times for 43 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against ATL he carried 16 times for 44 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 26 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against NE he carried 22 times for 78 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 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.

D'Andre Swift was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Malik Willis 12.8, 1.5 a game between them.

D'Andre Swift finished RB15 and Malik Willis QB45, which are two different ladders.

D'Andre Swift is a running back and Malik Willis a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

D'Andre Swift has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.