Should I start Sam Darnold or Malik Willis in Week 10?
Updated Nov 11, 8:06 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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Sam Darnold and Malik Willis are too close to call on usage: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB23 · SEA · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 3-4
- Market-based projection
- 14.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 120
QB33 · MIA · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 5-3
- Market-based projection
- 18.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 227
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam Darnold, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 227th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Sam Darnold, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
The market-based projection for Malik Willis is 0.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 90 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 235 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 45 of 235 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.
In Week 6 against DEN he completed 27 of 49 passes for 278 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 19 yards.
In Week 7 against KC he completed 20 of 28 passes for 257 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.
In Week 8 against CHI he completed 17 of 34 passes for 188 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 yards.
Through Week 9, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 254 times and thrown 9.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 39 of 254 dropbacks and scrambled 24 times.
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.
In Week 8 against NE he completed 21 of 32 passes for 211 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.
In Week 9 against DET he completed 13 of 24 passes for 128 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 7 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.
He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 9 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 96 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.
Sam Darnold was available for 13 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Malik Willis 12.8, 1.9 a game between them.
Sam Darnold finished QB13 that year and Malik Willis QB45.
Sam Darnold had 442 more pass attempts than Malik Willis, 477 to 35.
Sam Darnold had 3626 more passing yards than Malik Willis, 4048 to 422.
This season Malik Willis holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 90 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Sam Darnold is off in Week 11 and Malik Willis in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Sam Darnold is listed as out on the injury report.
Malik Willis is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
Week 10 on the board
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- Is Malik Willis playing Week 10?
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- Week 10 start or sit
- Week 10 waiver wire
- Week 10 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
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- Start 'em sit 'em Week 10
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- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
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