Should I start Tyler Higbee or Malik Washington in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Tyler Higbee's market-based projection is 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Malik Washington's market-based projection is 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 57 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 22 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 Tyler Higbee played 10 games and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 3.6 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 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 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Higbee scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 0.2 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 and Malik Washington WR54, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Higbee 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

Tyler Higbee is off in Week 11 and Malik Washington in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 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.