Should I start Malik Willis or Geno Smith in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Geno Smith, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Geno Smith is 0.5 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.

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

This season through Week 9

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.

Through Week 9, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 310 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 53 of 310 dropbacks and scrambled 12 times.

In Week 7 against MIA he completed 23 of 30 passes for 287 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 8 against LV he completed 20 of 32 passes for 290 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 4 yards.

In Week 9 against KC he completed 18 of 32 passes for 165 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

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 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Geno Smith was available for 11 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Geno Smith 12.7, 0.1 a game between them.

Malik Willis finished QB45 that year and Geno Smith QB23.

Geno Smith had 413 more pass attempts than Malik Willis, 448 to 35.

Geno Smith had 2603 more passing yards than Malik Willis, 3025 to 422.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

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

Malik Willis is listed as ir on the injury report.