Two players, one answer.
Malik Washington vs Tyler Higbee
This week
Toss-up · 9.3 to 8.4 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
About even (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Malik Washington by 80% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 54% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Malik Washington is projected 0.9 points ahead of Tyler Higbee. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 54% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
WR · MIA
Malik Washington
9.3 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable
9.5 a game this season · last 3: 12, 12.1, 6.5
TE · LAR
Tyler Higbee
8.4 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
9 a game this season · last 3: 13.3, 4.2, 3.4
- Malik Washington is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Malik Washington: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 5:20 AM ET
- Tyler Higbee: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 5:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 5:25 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 5:25 AM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Washington | Higbee |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.3 | 8.4 |
| Half PPR | 7.4 | 6.8 |
| Standard | 5.6 | 5.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Malik Washington's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Tyler Higbee is the start.
- A projection update of 0.9 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.