Should I start Malik Washington or Roschon Johnson in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Malik Washington's market-based projection is 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Roschon Johnson's market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 108th highest figure of the 214 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 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Roschon Johnson, and the board ranks him 70th 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, Roschon Johnson has been on the field for 22 percent of CHI snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 4 times for 16 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 5 times for 6 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he carried 13 times for 51 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 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 Roschon Johnson played 7 games and scored 1.7 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB134.

He carried 2 times for 17 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.3 carries a game at 9 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 1 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Malik Washington was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Washington scored 6.9 PPR points a game and Roschon Johnson 0.2, 6.6 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 and Roschon Johnson RB134, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

3.4 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.