Should I start Malik Washington or Efton Chism III in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 2.1 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.

The market-based projection for Efton Chism III is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

Malik Washington'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 Washington has been on the field for 84 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, Efton Chism III has been on the field for 63 percent of NE snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 5 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

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 Efton Chism III played 8 games and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.

He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 25.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Malik Washington was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Washington scored 6.9 PPR points a game and Efton Chism III 2.1, 4.8 a game between them.

Malik Washington had 62 more targets than Efton Chism III, 65 to 3.

Malik Washington had 242 more receiving yards than Efton Chism III, 317 to 75.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 63 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Washington is off in Week 6 and Efton Chism III in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.