Should I start Parker Washington or Tetairoa McMillan in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tetairoa McMillan, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Parker Washington's market-based projection is 14.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 183 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tetairoa McMillan is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tetairoa McMillan's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

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.

Through Week 8, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 83 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 65 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 86 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 6 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 15 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tetairoa McMillan was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 0.9 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 that year and Tetairoa McMillan WR16.

Tetairoa McMillan had 27 more targets than Parker Washington, 122 to 95.

Tetairoa McMillan had 167 more receiving yards than Parker Washington, 1014 to 847.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 75 percent.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

Parker Washington is off in Week 7 and Tetairoa McMillan in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Tetairoa McMillan has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.