Trevor Lawrence or Malik Washington: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Trevor Lawrence: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 12.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Trevor Lawrence at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Malik Washington at 9.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Malik Washington's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Trevor Lawrence has been on the field for 96 percent of JAX snaps, dropped back 113 times and thrown 8.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 113 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 2 against DEN he completed 17 of 29 passes for 189 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 6 yards.

In Week 3 against NE he completed 19 of 28 passes for 182 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 25 yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he completed 18 of 23 passes for 227 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

Through Week 4, Malik Washington has been on the field for 86 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Trevor Lawrence played 17 games and scored 350.2 PPR points, 20.6 a game, finishing QB4.

He threw for 4007 yards on 560 attempts with 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, and ran for 359 yards and 9 touchdowns.

That came to 32.9 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 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 Trevor Lawrence scored 20.6 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 13.7 a game between them.

Trevor Lawrence finished QB4 and Malik Washington WR54, which are two different ladders.

Trevor Lawrence is a quarterback 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

Trevor Lawrence is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Malik Washington.

What would change the answer

Malik Washington is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.