Should I start Malik Washington or DeMario Douglas in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Malik Washington's market-based projection is 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Malik Washington has been on the field for 85 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 11.8 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 1 time for 18 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 54 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 7 of 8 targets for 86 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.

In 2025 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Washington scored 6.9 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 1.2 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

Malik Washington had 19 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 65 to 46.

DeMario Douglas had 130 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 447 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 54 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Washington is off in Week 6 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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