Should I start Malik Washington or Michael Wilson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. 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 Michael Wilson is 2.1 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.

Malik Washington's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Malik Washington has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NE he caught 5 of 6 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 89 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 9 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 22 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 81 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 2 times for 11 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 8 of 15 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Wilson scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 6.1 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 that year and Michael Wilson WR10.

Michael Wilson had 61 more targets than Malik Washington, 126 to 65.

Michael Wilson had 689 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 1006 to 317.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 82 percent.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Washington is off in Week 6 and Michael Wilson in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Wilson is listed as questionable on the injury report.