Start DeMario Douglas or Malik Washington? Week 10
Updated Nov 11, 9:56 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Malik Washington over DeMario Douglas

- Market projects
- 10.4
- recent weeks avg
- IND D vs WR
- 27.4
- 7th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 82%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 24%
- Through Week 9

- Market projects
- 9.2
- recent weeks avg
- DET D vs WR
- 37.7
- 2nd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 57%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Malik Washington?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Washington projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), DeMario Douglas 46 (6.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Malik Washington over DeMario Douglas.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Malik Washington over DeMario Douglas in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Malik Washington at 10.4 points and DeMario Douglas at 9.2, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Malik Washington this week yet, so his 10.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (10.0, 10.4 and 10.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for DeMario Douglas this week yet, so his 9.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.9, 9.4 and 9.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 10 player market is posted for DeMario Douglas yet. His market-based projections were 8.9, 9.4 and 9.4 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 0.3 touchdowns (14 market sources).
No Week 10 player market is posted for Malik Washington yet. His market-based projections were 10.0, 10.4 and 10.8 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 10.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
That puts Malik Washington 1.2 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
DeMario Douglas and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
DET allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against DET.
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.
By points allowed to the position, DeMario Douglas has the softer matchup.
Injury status
DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.
Malik Washington is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, DeMario Douglas played 57 percent of NE snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
DeMario Douglas, Week 6 against NYJ: 40 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.
DeMario Douglas, Week 7 against CHI: 35 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.
DeMario Douglas, Week 8 against MIA: 39 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 76 yards, 1 touchdown.
DeMario Douglas, Week 9 against GB: 43 of 63 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 102 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, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.
He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.
He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
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
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Malik Washington?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Washington projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), DeMario Douglas 46 (6.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Malik Washington over DeMario Douglas.
Should I drop Malik Washington for DeMario Douglas?
No. Keep Malik Washington: he projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), DeMario Douglas 46 (6.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Malik Washington over DeMario Douglas.
Should I drop Malik Washington?
Week 10 on the board
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- Is Malik Washington playing Week 10?
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