Tua Tagovailoa or Malik Willis: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tua Tagovailoa: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Willis: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.

What the player markets price

The market has Tua Tagovailoa at 0.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for Malik Willis, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Tua Tagovailoa has dropped back 3 times and thrown 9.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 0 of 3 dropbacks.

In Week 5 against BAL he completed 2 of 3 passes for 34 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Through Week 5, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 160 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 160 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.

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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tua Tagovailoa played 14 games and scored 175.7 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing QB25.

He threw for 2660 yards on 384 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 15 interceptions, and ran for 43 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 27.4 attempts a game at 6.9 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.

Tua Tagovailoa was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Tua Tagovailoa 12.5, 0.2 a game between them.

Tua Tagovailoa finished QB25 that year and Malik Willis QB45.

Tua Tagovailoa had 349 more pass attempts than Malik Willis, 384 to 35.

Tua Tagovailoa had 2238 more passing yards than Malik Willis, 2660 to 422.

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

Byes and availability

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