Malik Washington or Emeka Egbuka: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emeka Egbuka: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Malik Washington at 9.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 3 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Emeka Egbuka at 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 112th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Malik Washington has been on the field for 86 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 5 of 10 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 2 times for 3 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 84 percent of TB snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 1 time for -3 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 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 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 4.6 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 that year and Emeka Egbuka WR23.

Emeka Egbuka had 62 more targets than Malik Washington, 127 to 65.

Emeka Egbuka had 621 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 938 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 84 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Emeka Egbuka is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Malik Washington.

What would change the answer

Malik Washington is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.