Should I start T.J. Hockenson or Malik Washington in Week 7?

The market-based projections

T.J. Hockenson's market-based projection is 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Malik Washington's market-based projection is 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 60 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 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 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson scored 7.5 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 0.7 a game between them.

T.J. Hockenson finished TE26 and Malik Washington WR54, which are two different ladders.

T.J. Hockenson 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

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.1 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.