Should I start Malik Washington or Josh Cuevas in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Cuevas, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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.

Josh Cuevas's market-based projection is 3.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 141st highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Malik 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, Malik Washington has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against DET he carried 1 time for 0 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Josh Cuevas has been on the field for 22 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 2 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against JAX he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Josh Cuevas is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Malik Washington is a wide receiver and Josh Cuevas a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Malik Washington is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Josh Cuevas.

What would change the answer

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