Should I start Parker Washington or Van Jefferson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Van Jefferson, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Parker Washington is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Van Jefferson's market-based projection is 4.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Parker Washington has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 55 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against BAL he caught 2 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Van Jefferson has been on the field for 25 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAR he caught 5 of 7 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Van Jefferson played 16 games and scored 70.0 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR88.

He caught 29 of 52 targets for 350 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 12.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Parker Washington scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Van Jefferson 4.4, 7.2 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 that year and Van Jefferson WR88.

Parker Washington had 43 more targets than Van Jefferson, 95 to 52.

Parker Washington had 497 more receiving yards than Van Jefferson, 847 to 350.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 25 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

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