Start Jakobi Meyers or Malik Washington? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jakobi Meyers over Malik Washington in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jakobi Meyers at 8.9 points and Malik Washington at 10.2, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jakobi Meyers still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 91 against 165, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Malik Washington this week yet, so his 10.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (10.0 and 10.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Malik Washington yet. His market-based projections were 10.0 and 10.4 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 10.2, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 0.3 touchdowns (5 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Jakobi Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 40 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 9 and 11 market sources).

That puts Malik Washington 1.3 points ahead of Jakobi Meyers on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Malik Washington and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 39.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 187 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET.

Jakobi Meyers and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 182 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

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

Injury status

Malik Washington is not on the injury report.

Jakobi Meyers is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Malik Washington played 84 percent of MIA snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 27 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Malik Washington, Week 8 against NE: 6 targets and 5 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Jakobi Meyers played 80 percent of JAX snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 4 against CIN: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 5 against PHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 37 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 6 against HOU: 53 of 71 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 8 against IND: 3 targets and 2 catches for 24 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.

In 2025, Jakobi Meyers played 16 games for JAX and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 553 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Malik Washington.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Malik Washington.
• Start Denzel Boston over Malik Washington.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jakobi Meyers.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Jakobi Meyers.
• Start Jakobi Meyers over Darius Cooper.