Should I start Sione Vaki or Malik Washington in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sione Vaki, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 3.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Malik Washington 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 25 percent of DET snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 0 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 1 time for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 11 times for 65 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against MIA he carried 3 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Malik Washington has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against DET he carried 1 time for 0 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Sione Vaki played 11 games and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.

He carried 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.1 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 0 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 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Washington scored 6.9 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 6.8 a game between them.

Sione Vaki finished RB143 and Malik Washington WR54, which are two different ladders.

Sione Vaki is a running back 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

Malik Washington is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.