Should I start Malik Washington or Makai Lemon in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Malik Washington's market-based projection is 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 90th highest figure of the 212 players with a market-based projection.

Makai Lemon's market-based projection is 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 212 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Malik Washington has been on the field for 85 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 11.8 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 1 time for 18 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 72 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 7 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 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.

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 72 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Washington is off in Week 6 and Makai Lemon in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.