Should I start Parker Washington or Justin Jefferson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justin Jefferson, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 15.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Justin Jefferson is 3.1 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.

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, 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.

Through Week 9, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 80 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 21 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 5 of 9 targets for 33 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against BUF he caught 3 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Justin Jefferson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 0.3 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 that year and Justin Jefferson WR21.

Justin Jefferson had 46 more targets than Parker Washington, 141 to 95.

Justin Jefferson had 201 more receiving yards than Parker Washington, 1048 to 847.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 75 percent.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

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