Keon Coleman or Malik Washington: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keon Coleman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Keon Coleman at 10.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Malik Washington at 9.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 3 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 63 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he caught 6 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 6 of 7 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Malik Washington has been on the field for 86 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 5 of 10 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 2 times for 3 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keon Coleman played 13 games and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 4.5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Malik Washington was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keon Coleman scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 1.0 a game between them.

Keon Coleman finished WR60 that year and Malik Washington WR54.

Malik Washington had 6 more targets than Keon Coleman, 65 to 59.

Keon Coleman had 87 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 404 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 63 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 14 percent.