Should I start Drew Sample or Malik Washington in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drew Sample, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Drew Sample's market-based projection is 2.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Drew Sample has been on the field for 51 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 9 against ATL he was not given the ball.

Through Week 9, Malik Washington has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against DET he carried 1 time for 0 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drew Sample played 17 games and scored 31.9 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing TE64.

He caught 15 of 20 targets for 106 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 7.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Washington scored 6.9 PPR points a game and Drew Sample 1.9, 5.0 a game between them.

Drew Sample finished TE64 and Malik Washington WR54, which are two different ladders.

Drew Sample is a tight end and Malik Washington a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Malik Washington is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Drew Sample.

What would change the answer

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