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

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Parker Washington's market-based projection is 13.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for DJ Moore is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

DJ Moore's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Parker Washington has been on the field for 77 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 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.

DJ Moore was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Parker Washington scored 11.5 PPR points a game and DJ Moore 10.0, 1.5 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 that year and DJ Moore WR35.

Parker Washington had 10 more targets than DJ Moore, 95 to 85.

Parker Washington had 165 more receiving yards than DJ Moore, 847 to 682.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 51 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

DJ Moore has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.