Should I start Ollie Gordon II or Malik Willis in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ollie Gordon II is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Malik Willis is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ollie Gordon II's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Ollie Gordon II has taken 64 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 45 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 5 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 3 targets have come 3.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 188 times and thrown 9.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 26 of 188 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.

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.

In Week 5 against CIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 137 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 74 yards.

In Week 7 against NYJ he completed 14 of 21 passes for 208 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 39 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 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.

Ollie Gordon II was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 9.6 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon II finished RB68 and Malik Willis QB45, which are two different ladders.

Ollie Gordon II is a running back and Malik Willis a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.