Start Emanuel Wilson or Malik Washington? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Malik Washington over Emanuel Wilson in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Malik Washington at 10.2 points and Emanuel Wilson at 10.1, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.1 fantasy points for Emanuel Wilson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Emanuel Wilson at 47.5 rushing yards, 7.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 40% chance to score a touchdown (16, 5, 4 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.2 fantasy points for Malik Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Malik Washington at 5.5 rushing yards, 39.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (10, 17, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Malik Washington 0.1 points ahead of Emanuel Wilson on the market projections.

Injury status

Emanuel Wilson was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Malik Washington was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Emanuel Wilson played 30 percent of SEA snaps, took 41 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 1 against NE: 3 of 50 snaps, 2 carries for 3 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 2 against ARI: 29 of 70 snaps, 21 carries for 92 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 3 against WAS: 24 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 3, Malik Washington played 86 percent of MIA snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 11 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Emanuel Wilson played 17 games for GB and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He ran 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 yards.

He was on the field for 30 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.

How Week 4 went

Malik Washington scored 12.0 PPR points and Emanuel Wilson scored 27.0.

The call was wrong: Emanuel Wilson outscored Malik Washington by 15.0.

Malik Washington finished 1.8 points above the 10.2 the market projected.

Malik Washington, Week 4 against MIN: 34 of 39 snaps, 2 carries for 3 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards, 12.0 PPR points.

Malik Washington finished as the week's WR35 in PPR scoring.

Emanuel Wilson finished 16.9 points above the 10.1 the market projected.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 4 against LAC: 36 of 60 snaps, 21 carries for 81 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards, 2 touchdowns, 27.0 PPR points.

Emanuel Wilson finished as the week's RB6 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 4 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Emanuel Wilson.
• Start Emanuel Wilson over Blake Corum.
• Start Braelon Allen over Emanuel Wilson.
• Start Malik Washington over Blake Corum.
• Start Braelon Allen over Malik Washington.
• Start Malik Washington over Devaughn Vele.