Start Malik Washington or Tank Dell? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Malik Washington over Tank Dell in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Malik Washington at 8.2 points and Tank Dell at 7.3, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Malik Washington at ADP 165 and Tank Dell at 209.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.2 fantasy points for Malik Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 32 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 8 and 7 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.4 fantasy points for Tank Dell, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tank Dell is 33 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (14, 14 and 11 market sources).

That puts Malik Washington 0.9 points ahead of Tank Dell on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

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

IND allowed 27.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

Tank Dell and HOU visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 29.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 9 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against CLE.

By points allowed to the position, Tank Dell has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Malik Washington is not on the injury report.

Tank Dell is listed as questionable with a hand injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Malik Washington played 82 percent of MIA snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

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: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Malik Washington, Week 9 against DET: 44 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 0 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Through Week 9, Tank Dell played 36 percent of HOU snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tank Dell, Week 7 against NYG: 14 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 43 yards.

Tank Dell, Week 9 against LAC: 33 of 70 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 105 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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Malik Washington over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Malik Washington over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Carnell Tate over Malik Washington.
• Start Tank Dell over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Tank Dell.
• Start Caleb Douglas over Tank Dell.