Malik Washington or Deebo Samuel Sr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Malik Washington at 9.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 3 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Deebo Samuel Sr. at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Malik Washington has been on the field for 86 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 5 of 10 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 2 times for 3 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 60 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Malik Washington played 17 games and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 6.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 60 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Deebo Samuel Sr. is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Malik Washington.

What would change the answer

Malik Washington is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.