Start Malik Washington or Deebo Samuel Sr.? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Malik Washington over Deebo Samuel Sr.
- Market projects
- 9.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 86%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 27%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 8.5
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start Malik Washington over Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Malik Washington at 9.5 points and Deebo Samuel Sr. at 8.5, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Malik Washington's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Malik Washington is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 9.5 fantasy points for Malik Washington, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market gives Malik Washington a 30% chance to score a touchdown (3 market sources).
Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Deebo Samuel Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Deebo Samuel Sr. at 31.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (15, 11 and 15 market sources).
That puts Malik Washington 1.0 points ahead of Deebo Samuel Sr. on the market projections.
Injury status
Malik Washington is not on the injury report.
Deebo Samuel Sr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Malik Washington played 86 percent of MIA snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
Malik Washington, Week 1 against LV: 55 of 56 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.
Malik Washington, Week 2 against SF: 43 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.
Malik Washington, Week 3 against KC: 63 of 73 snaps, 2 carries for 5 yards, 10 targets and 5 catches for 56 yards.
Malik Washington, Week 4 against MIN: 34 of 39 snaps, 2 carries for 3 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 67 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 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR32 · MIA · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Overall rank
- 73
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 16
Ranked behind
WR34 · SF · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 77
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 16
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board4
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 16
- Board size222 draftable players
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