Malik Washington Week 5 Outlook - Bengals at Dolphins

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 8th 2026, 1:35pm EDT

Malik Washington is the WR45, but over the last two games he has been the WR39 and WR35 in weekly scoring with volume alone. If you toss a touchdown on top of either of those stat lines, Washington would have been a WR2 in weekly fantasy scoring. Washington has a 27.2% target share, 1.99 YPRR, one red zone target, six deep targets, and a 28.3% first-read share. Washington is a volume-fueled flex again this week. The matchup isn't great, but I expect him to see a heavy target load, and if he finally gets in the endzone, he'll pay off for fantasy this week. Cincy has allowed the seventh-fewest yards per target and the ninth-fewest fantasy points per opportunity to receivers.