Should I start Malik Willis or Jahan Dotson in Week 7?
Updated Oct 22, 6:46 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Malik Willis: his market-based projection is 7.4 points a game ahead of Jahan Dotson's this season.
Should I drop Jahan Dotson for Malik Willis?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Willis projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 11 games), Jahan Dotson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
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The gap
- Price difference7.4 points a game
- Board size321 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.
The market-based projections
Malik Willis's market-based projection is 14.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.
Jahan Dotson's market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 121st highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.
This season so far
Through Week 5, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 160 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 160 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.
In Week 3 against KC he completed 20 of 36 passes for 210 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 9 times for 56 yards.
In Week 4 against MIN he completed 9 of 17 passes for 85 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.
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.
Through Week 6, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 70 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 7 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.
His 22 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.
In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.
He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.
That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Jahan Dotson was available for 13 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 9.8 a game between them.
Malik Willis finished QB45 and Jahan Dotson WR109, which are two different ladders.
Malik Willis is a quarterback and Jahan Dotson 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 Jahan Dotson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
7.4 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Jahan Dotson for Malik Willis?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Willis projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 11 games), Jahan Dotson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Malik Willis for Jahan Dotson?
No. Keep Malik Willis: he projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.4 a game over 11 games), Jahan Dotson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).
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