Malik Washington or Tyler Shough: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Shough: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 25.

What the player markets price

The market has Malik Washington at 9.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 3 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.

The market has Tyler Shough at 17.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback'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, 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.

Through Week 4, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 197 times and thrown 8.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 197 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 2 against BAL he completed 27 of 34 passes for 252 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 24 yards.

In Week 3 against LV he completed 29 of 42 passes for 255 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 36 yards.

In Week 4 against ATL he completed 30 of 48 passes for 286 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

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 Tyler Shough played 11 games and scored 164.0 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing QB26.

He threw for 2384 yards on 327 attempts with 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 29.7 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Malik Washington was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 8.0 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 and Tyler Shough QB26, which are two different ladders.

Malik Washington is a wide receiver and Tyler Shough a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyler Shough is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Malik Washington.

Tyler Shough is listed as questionable on the injury report.