Start Malik Washington or Emeka Egbuka? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Emeka Egbuka over Malik Washington in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Emeka Egbuka at 8.9 points and Malik Washington at 9.8, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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 8.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (8.9 and 8.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.8 fantasy points for Malik Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 41 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (7, 7 and 9 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Emeka Egbuka yet. His market-based projections were 8.9 and 8.9 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 8.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 0.4 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Malik Washington 0.9 points ahead of Emeka Egbuka on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Malik Washington and MIA host NE on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

NE allowed 32.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and a touchdown a game against NE.

Emeka Egbuka and TB host ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 34.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 170 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ATL.

By points allowed to the position, Emeka Egbuka has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Malik Washington is not on the injury report.

Emeka Egbuka is listed as questionable with a concussion injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Malik Washington played 84 percent of MIA snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka played 86 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: 64 of 74 snaps, 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 8 calls

• Start Malik Washington over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Malik Washington.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Malik Washington.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Courtland Sutton.