Michael Penix Jr. or Malik Willis: who should I start in Week 5?
Both players' season market price, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, with the draft market's own figures wherever it still has them.
Updated Oct 7, 2026 at 11:46 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole price on Malik Willis, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB26 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Market price
- 14.5 pts a game
- Draft pick
- no consensus
QB28 · MIA · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 142
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size222 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Willis: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.
What the player markets price
The player markets price Michael Penix Jr. at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.
The market has Malik Willis at 13.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 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 Willis's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 4
Through Week 4, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 100 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 46 times and thrown 6.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 2 of 46 dropbacks.
In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.
Through Week 4, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 127 times and thrown 10.0 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 19 of 127 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.
In Week 2 against SF he completed 14 of 23 passes for 197 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 6 yards.
In Week 3 against KC he completed 20 of 36 passes for 210 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 9 times for 56 yards.
In Week 4 against MIN he completed 9 of 17 passes for 85 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.
He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Malik Willis played 4 games and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.
He threw for 422 yards on 35 attempts with 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 8.8 attempts a game at 12.1 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Michael Penix Jr. was available for 5 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Malik Willis 12.8, 0.9 a game between them.
Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 that year and Malik Willis QB45.
Michael Penix Jr. had 241 more pass attempts than Malik Willis, 276 to 35.
Michael Penix Jr. had 1560 more passing yards than Malik Willis, 1982 to 422.
Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11 and Malik Willis in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Malik Willis is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.
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