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Should I start Malik Willis or Keon Coleman in Week 8?

Updated Oct 29, 1:26 AM ET.

Start Malik Willis: his market-based projection is 8.5 points a game ahead of Keon Coleman's this season.

Should I drop Keon Coleman for Malik Willis?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Willis projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.6 a game over 10 games), Keon Coleman 81 (8.1 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

QB24 · MIA · bye 6

2026 vs pass yds line 4-2

Market-based projection
15.5 pts a game

WR41 · BUF · bye 7

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Market-based projection
7.0 pts a game

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The gap

  • Price difference8.5 points a game
  • Board size306 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.

The market-based projections

Malik Willis's market-based projection is 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 37th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Keon Coleman's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 108th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keon Coleman, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 188 times and thrown 9.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 26 of 188 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.

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.

In Week 5 against CIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 137 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 74 yards.

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.

Through Week 6, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 59 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 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.

Keon Coleman was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Keon Coleman 7.9, 4.9 a game between them.

Malik Willis finished QB45 and Keon Coleman WR60, which are two different ladders.

Malik Willis is a quarterback and Keon Coleman 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 Keon Coleman in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

8.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Keon Coleman for Malik Willis?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Willis projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.6 a game over 10 games), Keon Coleman 81 (8.1 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Malik Willis for Keon Coleman?

    No. Keep Malik Willis: he projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.6 a game over 10 games), Keon Coleman 81 (8.1 a game over 10 games).

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