Darnell Washington or Jordan Mason: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Mason: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 113.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Darnell Washington at 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 168th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Jordan Mason, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 58 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 45 percent of MIN snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 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 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jordan Mason scored 8.1 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 3.5 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 and Jordan Mason RB36, which are two different ladders.

Darnell Washington is a tight end and Jordan Mason a running back, 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 Jordan Mason in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jordan Mason is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jordan Mason has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.