Should I start Malik Washington or Terry McLaurin in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Terry McLaurin, and the board ranks him 251st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 1.7 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.

No season market is posted for Terry McLaurin, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Malik Washington has been on the field for 84 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 6, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 61 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 4 of 4 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 1 of 1 target for 27 yards and did not score.

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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Malik Washington was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 4.6 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Malik Washington had 5 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 65 to 60.

Terry McLaurin had 265 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 582 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 61 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Washington is off in Week 6 and Terry McLaurin in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Terry McLaurin is listed as out on the injury report.