Should I start Travis Kelce or Malik Washington in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 77 percent of KC snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 53 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 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 4.5 a game between them.

Travis Kelce finished TE3 and Malik Washington WR54, which are two different ladders.

Travis Kelce 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

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5 and Malik Washington in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.