Should I start Jalen Coker or Malik Washington in Week 8?
Updated Nov 2, 11:16 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Malik Washington: 82 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jalen Coker's 76 percent of the snaps and 22 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 Malik Washington for Jalen Coker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jalen Coker projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 9 games), Malik Washington 90 (10.0 a game over 9 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.
WR17 · CAR · bye 5
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- Market-based projection
- 13.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 43
WR31 · MIA · bye 6
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- Market-based projection
- 10.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 72
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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 Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Jalen Coker, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Malik Washington, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 70 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 10 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.
His 44 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.
In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 13 targets for 97 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 8, Malik Washington has been on the field for 84 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 26 two minute targets.
His 45 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.
In Week 5 against CIN he carried 1 time for 18 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 43 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.
He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.
That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 68 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 6 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Jalen Coker scored 8.2 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 1.4 a game between them.
Jalen Coker finished WR69 that year and Malik Washington WR54.
Malik Washington had 22 more targets than Jalen Coker, 65 to 43.
Jalen Coker had 77 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 394 to 317.
This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 70 percent.
This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 21 percent.
Byes and availability
Jalen Coker is off in Week 5 and Malik Washington in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Malik Washington for Jalen Coker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jalen Coker projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 9 games), Malik Washington 90 (10.0 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Jalen Coker for Malik Washington?
No. Keep Jalen Coker: he projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 9 games), Malik Washington 90 (10.0 a game over 9 games).
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