Should I start Malik Washington or DJ Moore in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Malik Washington's market-based projection is 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 66th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

DJ Moore's market-based projection is 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 70th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Malik Washington has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NE he caught 5 of 6 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, DJ Moore has been on the field for 55 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 82 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 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 DJ Moore scored 10.0 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 3.1 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 that year and DJ Moore WR35.

DJ Moore had 20 more targets than Malik Washington, 85 to 65.

DJ Moore had 365 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 682 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 55 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Washington is off in Week 6 and DJ Moore in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.