Should I start Ja'Marr Chase or Parker Washington in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 3rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

The market-based projections

Ja'Marr Chase's market-based projection is 22.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 2nd highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Parker Washington is 3.2 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 81 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 73 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 11 of 16 targets for 141 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ATL he caught 10 of 12 targets for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Parker Washington has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 55 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BAL he caught 2 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 8.1 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 that year and Parker Washington WR27.

Ja'Marr Chase had 90 more targets than Parker Washington, 185 to 95.

Ja'Marr Chase had 565 more receiving yards than Parker Washington, 1412 to 847.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 75 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 25 percent each.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Parker Washington has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.