Start Jameson Williams or Malik Washington? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jameson Williams over Malik Washington in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jameson Williams at 10.8 points and Malik Washington at 10.4, a gap of 0.4. 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 5 and 7 (10.8 and 10.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jameson Williams at ADP 44 and Malik Washington at 165.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.8 fantasy points for Jameson Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jameson Williams is 51 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (10, 8 and 12 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Malik Washington yet. His market-based projections were 10.8 and 10.0 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 10.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Jameson Williams 0.4 points ahead of Malik Washington on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jameson Williams and DET host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 124 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIN.

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.

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

Injury status

Jameson Williams is not on the injury report.

Malik Washington is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Jameson Williams played 89 percent of DET snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Jameson Williams, Week 3 against NYJ: 53 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 49 yards.

Jameson Williams, Week 4 against CAR: 70 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 102 yards.

Jameson Williams, Week 5 against ARI: 59 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 47 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jameson Williams, Week 7 against GB: 57 of 68 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 91 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jameson Williams played 17 games for DET and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 676 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 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 8 calls

• Start Jameson Williams over Carnell Tate.
• Start Jameson Williams over Denzel Boston.
• Start Jameson Williams over DK Metcalf.
• Start Carnell Tate over Malik Washington.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Malik Washington.
• Start Denzel Boston over Malik Washington.