Malik Washington or Kyle Monangai: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Malik Washington at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 111th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The player markets price Kyle Monangai at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 119th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 196.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 114.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Malik Washington has been on the field for 85 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against LV he caught 3 of 8 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

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

Through Week 2, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 38 percent of CHI snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 10 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

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.

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyle Monangai scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 1.8 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 and Kyle Monangai RB30, which are two different ladders.

Malik Washington is a wide receiver and Kyle Monangai a running back, 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 and Kyle Monangai in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.