Should I start Darnell Washington or Romeo Doubs in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Romeo Doubs, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Darnell Washington, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Romeo Doubs, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 5, Romeo Doubs has been on the field for 69 percent of NE snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 6 of 9 targets for 58 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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 Romeo Doubs played 16 games and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 5.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Romeo Doubs scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 5.8 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 and Romeo Doubs WR37, which are two different ladders.

Darnell Washington is a tight end and Romeo Doubs 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 Romeo Doubs in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Romeo Doubs is listed as out on the injury report.