Should I start Malik Willis or Jordan Watkins in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Watkins, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 2.5 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.

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

This season through Week 9

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.

Through Week 9, Jordan Watkins has been on the field for 56 percent of SF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 16.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ATL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 4 of 4 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jordan Watkins played 4 games and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 4 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Jordan Watkins 1.2, 11.6 a game between them.

Malik Willis is a quarterback and Jordan Watkins a wide receiver, 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 and Jordan Watkins in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Malik Willis is listed as questionable on the injury report.