Should I start Malik Willis or Deshaun Watson in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 10:46 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start Deshaun Watson over Malik Willis
- Market projects
- 15.2
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs QB
- 17.8
- 16th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 99%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 14.1
- recent weeks avg
- DET D vs QB
- 25.5
- most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 8
Start Deshaun Watson over Malik Willis in Week 9: 15.2 to 14.1 PPR points a game over recent weeks.
Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Malik Willis?
Not on these numbers alone. Deshaun Watson projects 126 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 8 games) and Malik Willis 131 (14.6 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Deshaun Watson over Malik Willis.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB14 · MIA · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 5-2
- Market-based projection
- 14.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 104
QB15 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 5-3
- Market-based projection
- 15.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 108
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Deshaun Watson, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Malik Willis is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Deshaun Watson is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Malik Willis's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 225 times and thrown 9.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 225 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.
In Week 5 against CIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 137 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 74 yards.
In Week 7 against NYJ he completed 14 of 21 passes for 208 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 39 yards.
In Week 8 against NE he completed 21 of 32 passes for 211 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.
Through Week 8, Deshaun Watson has been on the field for 99 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 306 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 65 of 306 dropbacks and scrambled 24 times.
In Week 6 against BAL he completed 16 of 26 passes for 164 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 29 yards.
In Week 7 against TEN he completed 25 of 36 passes for 308 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 19 yards.
In Week 8 against PIT he completed 27 of 39 passes for 324 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 3 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Malik Willis played 4 games and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.
He threw for 422 yards on 35 attempts with 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 8.8 attempts a game at 12.1 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
The season feed carries no line for Deshaun Watson in the last completed season.
Head to head
This season Malik Willis holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 99 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Malik Willis is off in Week 6 and Deshaun Watson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Deshaun Watson for Malik Willis?
Not on these numbers alone. Deshaun Watson projects 126 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 8 games) and Malik Willis 131 (14.6 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Deshaun Watson over Malik Willis.
Should I drop Malik Willis for Deshaun Watson?
Not on these numbers alone. Malik Willis projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.6 a game over 9 games) and Deshaun Watson 126 (15.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Deshaun Watson over Malik Willis.
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