Should I start Ollie Gordon II or Darnell Washington in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ollie Gordon II is 4.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

Darnell Washington's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 87th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Ollie Gordon II's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 79 percent of MIA snaps, taken 72 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 57 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 5 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against NE he carried 19 times for 69 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DET he carried 16 times for 55 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Ollie Gordon II was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Darnell Washington scored 4.6 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 1.4 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon II finished RB68 and Darnell Washington TE39, which are two different ladders.

Ollie Gordon II is a running back and Darnell Washington a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ollie Gordon II is off in Week 6 and Darnell Washington in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Ollie Gordon II has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.