Malik Washington vs. DeVonta Smith: Who Should You Start in Week 9?

Start Malik Washington. DeVonta Smith is on a bye, and Malik Washington is projected for 10.5 PPR points vs DET.

Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET

Malik Washington vs. DeVonta Smith: Week 9 side by side

Malik Washington
WR · MIA
DeVonta Smith
WR · PHI
Projection (Week 9, avg of sources)10.5—
Floor (lowest source)9.9—
Ceiling (highest source)11.1—
StatChasers projection10.7 (WR33)—
Opponentvs DETBye
Opponent vs. position3rd-softest (37.7 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage22% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callFLEX · FlexSIT · No projection

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Malik Washington vs. DeVonta Smith Week 9 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Malik Washington or DeVonta Smith in Week 9?

Start Malik Washington. DeVonta Smith is on a bye, while Malik Washington projects for 10.5 PPR points vs DET.

Who has the better matchup in Week 9, Malik Washington or DeVonta Smith?

Malik Washington plays DET and DeVonta Smith is on a bye in Week 9.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Malik Washington vs. DeVonta Smith?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are Malik Washington and DeVonta Smith playing in Week 9?

Malik Washington has no injury designation, and DeVonta Smith is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Malik Washington and DeVonta Smith projections come from?

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 6 of them and DeVonta Smith by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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