Should I start Marvin Mims or Malik Washington in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 12:36 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Malik Washington: 84 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Marvin Mims's 25 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Marvin Mims for Malik Washington?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Washington projects 99 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 11 games), Marvin Mims 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR55 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Market-based projection
- 3.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 126
WR56 · MIA · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 0-5
- Overall rank
- 127
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Mims, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Marvin Mims is 1.7 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.
The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 1.7 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.
Marvin Mims's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 6, Marvin Mims has been on the field for 23 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 5 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 9 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.
In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Marvin Mims played 15 games and scored 93.0 PPR points, 6.2 a game, finishing WR66.
He caught 37 of 51 targets for 322 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.
That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 8.7 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 35 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 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Malik Washington scored 6.9 PPR points a game and Marvin Mims 6.2, 0.7 a game between them.
Marvin Mims finished WR66 that year and Malik Washington WR54.
Malik Washington had 14 more targets than Marvin Mims, 65 to 51.
Marvin Mims had 5 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 322 to 317.
This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 23 percent.
This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 8 percent.
Byes and availability
Marvin Mims is off in Week 10 and Malik Washington in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Marvin Mims for Malik Washington?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Washington projects 99 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 11 games), Marvin Mims 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Malik Washington for Marvin Mims?
No. Keep Malik Washington: he projects 99 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 11 games), Marvin Mims 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).
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