Should I start Malik Willis or Garrett Wilson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Malik Willis is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 2.5 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.

Malik Willis'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 Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 225 times and thrown 9.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 225 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.

In Week 5 against CIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 137 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 74 yards.

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.

Through Week 8, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he caught 6 of 12 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Garrett Wilson was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and Malik Willis 12.8, 1.4 a game between them.

Malik Willis finished QB45 and Garrett Wilson WR62, which are two different ladders.

Malik Willis is a quarterback and Garrett Wilson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Malik Willis is off in Week 6 and Garrett Wilson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.