Pat Freiermuth or Malik Washington: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Pat Freiermuth at 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 110th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The player markets price Malik Washington at 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 111th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Pat Freiermuth: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 148.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 196.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 5 of 5 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Washington scored 6.9 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 0.2 a game between them.

Pat Freiermuth finished TE25 and Malik Washington WR54, which are two different ladders.

Pat Freiermuth is a tight end and Malik Washington a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Pat Freiermuth is off in Week 9 and Malik Washington in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.