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Should I start Eli Raridon or Malik Washington in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 12:21 PM ET.

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Start Malik Washington: 78 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Eli Raridon's 68 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Eli Raridon for Malik Washington?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Washington projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Eli Raridon

TE27 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
128

Malik Washington

WR47 · MIA · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection
10.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
129

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 56 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Eli Raridon 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

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Eli Raridon for Malik Washington?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Washington projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Malik Washington for Eli Raridon?

    No. Keep Malik Washington: he projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

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