Jacoby Brissett or Malik Washington: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacoby Brissett: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jacoby Brissett at 17.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

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.

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, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 162 times and thrown 6.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 23 of 162 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 2 against SEA he completed 17 of 28 passes for 95 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 7 yards.

In Week 3 against SF he completed 38 of 51 passes for 280 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 4 yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he completed 21 of 35 passes for 166 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 4 times for 18 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Malik Washington was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 10.0 a game between them.

Jacoby Brissett finished QB16 and Malik Washington WR54, which are two different ladders.

Jacoby Brissett is a quarterback 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

Jacoby Brissett is off in Week 14. 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.