Start Malik Washington or Caleb Douglas? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Malik Washington over Caleb Douglas in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Malik Washington at 8.2 points and Caleb Douglas at 9.2, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Malik Washington still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 165 against 215, and that outweighs a gap this size.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.2 fantasy points for Caleb Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Caleb Douglas is 42 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (8, 9 and 7 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.2 fantasy points for Malik Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 32 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 8 and 7 market sources).

That puts Caleb Douglas 0.9 points ahead of Malik Washington on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Caleb Douglas and MIA visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 27.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

Malik Washington and MIA visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 27.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

Injury status

Caleb Douglas is not on the injury report.

Malik Washington is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Caleb Douglas played 81 percent of MIA snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Caleb Douglas, Week 2 against SF: 51 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 7 against NYJ: 44 of 65 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 70 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Caleb Douglas, Week 8 against NE: 56 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 9 against DET: 42 of 57 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 70 yards.

Through Week 9, Malik Washington played 82 percent of MIA snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Washington, Week 5 against CIN: 53 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 18 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 43 yards.

Malik Washington, Week 7 against NYJ: 52 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Malik Washington, Week 8 against NE: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Malik Washington, Week 9 against DET: 44 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 0 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Malik Washington played 17 games for MIA and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 64 air yards.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Caleb Douglas over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Malik Washington over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Malik Washington.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Malik Washington.