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Should I start Shedeur Sanders or Malik Willis in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 9:41 AM ET.

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Start Malik Willis: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Shedeur Sanders's 37 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. 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.

QB9 · CLE · bye 11

2025 vs pass td line 2-6

Market-based projection
12.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
17

QB12 · MIA · bye 6

2026 vs pass yds line 5-3

Market-based projection
18.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
90

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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 Shedeur Sanders, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 90th 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 Shedeur Sanders, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Malik Willis is 1.9 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 through Week 9

Through Week 9, Shedeur Sanders has been on the field for 37 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 45 times and thrown 5.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 10 of 45 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 3 against CAR he completed 1 of 1 pass for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In Week 8 against PIT he completed 2 of 2 passes for 2 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In Week 9 against NO he completed 19 of 30 passes for 297 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 9 times for 29 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 Shedeur Sanders played 8 games and scored 94.9 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing QB37.

He threw for 1400 yards on 212 attempts with 7 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 169 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 26-27 attempts a game at 6.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 60 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.

Shedeur Sanders was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Shedeur Sanders 11.9, 0.9 a game between them.

Shedeur Sanders finished QB37 that year and Malik Willis QB45.

Shedeur Sanders had 177 more pass attempts than Malik Willis, 212 to 35.

Shedeur Sanders had 978 more passing yards than Malik Willis, 1400 to 422.

This season Malik Willis holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 37 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Shedeur Sanders is off in Week 11 and Malik Willis in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Malik Willis is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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