Should I start Ollie Gordon II or Parker Washington in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Ollie Gordon II's market-based projection is 13.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 49th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Parker Washington's market-based projection is 13.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 5 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 1.8 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.

In Week 8 against NE he carried 19 times for 69 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Parker Washington has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ollie Gordon II was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Parker Washington scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 8.4 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon II finished RB68 and Parker Washington WR27, which are two different ladders.

Ollie Gordon II is a running back and Parker Washington a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ollie Gordon II is off in Week 6 and Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.