Should I start Dylan Sampson or Malik Willis in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dylan Sampson, and the board ranks him 187th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dylan Sampson is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Malik Willis is 1.9 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Dylan Sampson has been on the field for 55 percent of CLE snaps, taken 20 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 6 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PIT he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NO he carried 8 times for 21 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 254 times and thrown 9.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 39 of 254 dropbacks and scrambled 24 times.

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.

In Week 9 against DET he completed 13 of 24 passes for 128 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dylan Sampson played 15 games and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.

He carried 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 more yards.

That came to 4.3 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 25 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Dylan Sampson was available for 11 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Dylan Sampson 5.8, 7.0 a game between them.

Dylan Sampson finished RB55 and Malik Willis QB45, which are two different ladders.

Dylan Sampson is a running back and Malik Willis a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Dylan Sampson is off in Week 11 and Malik Willis in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Malik Willis is listed as questionable on the injury report.