Denver Defense or Mike Washington Jr.: who to draft first
Both players' season price from the sportsbooks, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, with the draft market's own figures wherever it still has them.
Updated Sep 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and no sportsbook prices either of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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DEF7 · DEN · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 208
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 1
RB54 · LV · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 209
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 13
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size242 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Denver Defense: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 109.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Washington Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 177.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Denver Defense, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Mike Washington Jr., so the only market pricing 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 1
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Denver Defense this season.
Through Week 1, Mike Washington Jr. has been on the field for 19 percent of LV snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.
In Week 1 against MIA he carried 7 times for 41 yards and did not score.
Their last full seasons
The season feed carries no line for Denver Defense in the last completed season.
Mike Washington Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Side by side
Denver Defense is a defense and Mike Washington Jr. a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Denver Defense is off in Week 10 and Mike Washington Jr. in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
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