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Should I start Parker Washington or Darnell Mooney in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 12:21 PM ET.

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Start Parker Washington: 70 percent of the snaps and 24 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Darnell Mooney's 48 percent of the snaps and 9 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Darnell Mooney for Parker Washington?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Parker Washington projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (13.6 a game over 8 games), Darnell Mooney 34 (4.3 a game over 8 games). Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR16 · JAX · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 4-4

Market-based projection
13.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
49

WR18 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 0-8

Market-based projection
4.0 pts a game

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Mooney, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Parker Washington is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Darnell Mooney's market-based projection is 4.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 56th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Parker Washington has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 55 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BAL he caught 2 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Darnell Mooney has been on the field for 55 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 1 time for 20 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against PHI he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darnell Mooney played 15 games and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Parker Washington was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Parker Washington scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Darnell Mooney 5.5, 6.1 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 that year and Darnell Mooney WR79.

Parker Washington had 23 more targets than Darnell Mooney, 95 to 72.

Parker Washington had 404 more receiving yards than Darnell Mooney, 847 to 443.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 55 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Parker Washington is off in Week 7 and Darnell Mooney in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Darnell Mooney for Parker Washington?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Parker Washington projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (13.6 a game over 8 games), Darnell Mooney 34 (4.3 a game over 8 games). Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Parker Washington for Darnell Mooney?

    No. Keep Parker Washington: he projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (13.6 a game over 8 games), Darnell Mooney 34 (4.3 a game over 8 games). Darnell Mooney is listed questionable.

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