Mike Washington Jr. or Tua Tagovailoa: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market prices neither of them this season, 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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RB59 · LV · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 218
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
QB38 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 5-9
- Overall rank
- 221
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size221 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 Mike Washington Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 218th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Tua Tagovailoa: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 221st overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for Mike Washington Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Tua Tagovailoa, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 4
Through Week 4, Mike Washington Jr. has been on the field for 19 percent of LV snaps, taken 22 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 28 two minute targets.
His 3 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.
In Week 2 against LAC he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against NO he carried 5 times for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 4 against KC he carried 9 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards and did not score.
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Tua Tagovailoa this season.
Their 2025 seasons
Mike Washington Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
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.
Side by side
Mike Washington Jr. is a running back and Tua Tagovailoa a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Mike Washington Jr. is off in Week 13 and Tua Tagovailoa in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
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