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Should I start Jakobi Meyers or Malik Washington in Week 10?

Updated Nov 11, 12:11 AM ET.

Start Malik Washington: 77 percent of the snaps and 17 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jakobi Meyers's 66 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Jakobi Meyers for Malik Washington?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Washington projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), Jakobi Meyers 74 (9.2 a game over 8 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

WR44 · JAX · bye 7

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Market-based projection
9.1 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
113

WR48 · MIA · bye 6

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Market-based projection
10.8 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
123

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Malik Washington has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NE he caught 5 of 6 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DET he carried 1 time for 0 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers scored 11.0 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 4.1 a game between them.

Jakobi Meyers finished WR32 that year and Malik Washington WR54.

Jakobi Meyers had 45 more targets than Malik Washington, 110 to 65.

Jakobi Meyers had 518 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 835 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 75 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Jakobi Meyers is off in Week 7 and Malik Washington in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jakobi Meyers for Malik Washington?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Washington projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), Jakobi Meyers 74 (9.2 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Malik Washington for Jakobi Meyers?

    No. Keep Malik Washington: he projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), Jakobi Meyers 74 (9.2 a game over 8 games).

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