Malik Washington or Omarion Hampton: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Omarion Hampton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 24.

What the player markets price

The market has Malik Washington at 9.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 3 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Omarion Hampton at 10.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Malik Washington has been on the field for 86 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 49 percent of LAC snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 23 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 15 times for 56 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 9 times for 45 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 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 Omarion Hampton played 9 games and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He carried 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 13.8 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 3.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Malik Washington was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 8.2 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 and Omarion Hampton RB35, which are two different ladders.

Malik Washington is a wide receiver and Omarion Hampton a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Omarion Hampton is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Malik Washington.