Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Andy Behrens explains why the Dolphins wide receiver is worth a start.
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Yeah, Miami is going to be without Jaylen Waddle this week, and Tyreek Hill is battling injury.
The team is in a potential shootout with the Niners, so Malik Washington, a rookie receiver, could get pretty interesting in this one.
Both Tua and Mike McDaniel have kind of gassed him up recently.
Tua actually talked of Washington’s reliability in terms of run game responsibilities.
That’s a real key to seeing the field.
He’s been a return specialist much of the season, but Washington caught 5 passes for 52 yards on 6 targets last week.
He’s been mostly a short range receiver, very low a guy, yards after catch guy, 6th round pick out of Virginia, coming off a wild collegiate season.
He actually had 110 catches for over 1400 yards last year, led the nation in receptions, did it with absolutely ridiculous week to week consistency.
He’s looking like a very solid option to me this week, particularly in full PPR.
He’s also a minimum price option in our daily game heading into a week in which plenty of snaps and targets are available.
