Jaylen Wright or Malik Willis: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Wright: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Willis: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

What the player markets price

The market has Jaylen Wright at 6.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Malik Willis at 13.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jaylen Wright's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jaylen Wright has been on the field for 12 percent of MIA snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against LV he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 2 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 5 times for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 127 times and thrown 10.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 19 of 127 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 2 against SF he completed 14 of 23 passes for 197 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 6 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylen Wright played 10 games and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He carried 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 14 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.

Jaylen Wright was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Jaylen Wright 4.8, 8.0 a game between them.

Jaylen Wright finished RB70 and Malik Willis QB45, which are two different ladders.

Jaylen Wright is a running back and Malik Willis a quarterback, 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. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.