Start Emeka Egbuka or Malik Washington? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Emeka Egbuka over Malik Washington in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Emeka Egbuka at 7.9 points and Malik Washington at 10.5, a gap of 2.6. Emeka Egbuka still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 36 against 165, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Emeka Egbuka this week yet, so his 7.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.9 and 8.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Malik Washington this week yet, so his 10.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (10.2 and 10.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Malik Washington yet. His market-based projections were 10.2 and 10.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 10.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Emeka Egbuka yet. His market-based projections were 6.9 and 8.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Malik Washington 2.6 points ahead of Emeka Egbuka on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

NYJ allowed 28.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 129 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

Emeka Egbuka and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 28.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against CAR.

By points allowed to the position, Malik Washington has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Malik Washington is not on the injury report.

Emeka Egbuka is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Malik Washington played 85 percent of MIA snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka played 85 percent of TB snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 3 against MIN: 51 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 4 against GB: 59 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 5 against DAL: 64 of 72 snaps, 1 carry for 14 yards, 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 6 against PIT: 16 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025, Emeka Egbuka played 17 games for TB and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 603 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Carnell Tate over Malik Washington.
• Start Christian Watson over Malik Washington.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Malik Washington.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over DeMario Douglas.