Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Malik Washington: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

The player markets price Malik Washington at 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 47 percent of WAS snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

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 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt scored 8.3 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 1.4 a game between them.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished RB33 and Malik Washington WR54, which are two different ladders.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is a running back 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

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Malik Washington.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.