Should I start Darnell Washington or Jahan Dotson in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Darnell Washington's market-based projection is 6.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 111th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

Jahan Dotson's market-based projection is 6.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 112th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 66 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 70 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahan Dotson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Darnell Washington scored 4.6 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 1.6 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 and Jahan Dotson WR109, which are two different ladders.

Darnell Washington is a tight end and Jahan Dotson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Darnell Washington is off in Week 9 and Jahan Dotson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.