Too close to call: Malik Washington (9.7) and DeMario Douglas (9.5) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and Malik Washington faces the 12th-toughest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Malik Washington WR · MIA | DeMario Douglas WR · NE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 9.7 | 9.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.4 | 8.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs NYJ | vs CHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 12th-toughest (30.2 pts/g allowed) | 15th-toughest (31.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 29% target share (last 3) | 17% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | FLEX · Flex |
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It is a coin flip. Malik Washington projects for 9.7 PPR points and DeMario Douglas for 9.5, within 0.2 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 9.7 PPR points for Malik Washington and 9.5 for DeMario Douglas.
The sources range from 8.4 to 10.5 for Washington and from 8.6 to 10.5 for Douglas. Either result is well inside both ranges.
DeMario Douglas is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Douglas at 8.6 PPR points, against 8.4 for Malik Washington.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
They share the same ceiling, 10.5 PPR points.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Malik Washington plays NYJ and DeMario Douglas plays CHI in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Washington faces the 12th-toughest defense against WRs and Douglas faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs, so DeMario Douglas has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Malik Washington has drawn 29% of his team's targets, and DeMario Douglas 17% of his team's targets.
Malik Washington has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Malik Washington.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Malik Washington nor DeMario Douglas has an injury designation for Week 7.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Malik Washington is projected by 4 of them and DeMario Douglas by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.