Should I start Jalen Coker or Malik Willis in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Coker is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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 Willis is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 72 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against DEN he carried 1 time for -3 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 254 times and thrown 9.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 39 of 254 dropbacks and scrambled 24 times.

In Week 7 against NYJ he completed 14 of 21 passes for 208 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 39 yards.

In Week 8 against NE he completed 21 of 32 passes for 211 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 9 against DET he completed 13 of 24 passes for 128 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 7 yards.

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 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.

Jalen Coker was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 4.6 a game between them.

Jalen Coker finished WR69 and Malik Willis QB45, which are two different ladders.

Jalen Coker is a wide receiver and Malik Willis a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jalen Coker is off in Week 5 and Malik Willis in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Malik Willis is listed as questionable on the injury report.