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If Malik Washington is out, who gets his targets?
The Miami Dolphins room absorbs +2.92 receptions, and Chris Bell takes the largest single share at +0.85. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the wide receiver room.
Where the work goes
Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.
Every player in the room
| Player | Catches now | If he sits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Washington WR · 86% snaps | 3.50 | — | OUT |
| Caleb Douglas WR · 88% snaps | 3.40 | 3.86 | +0.46 |
| Greg Dulcich TE · 69% snaps | 3.10 | 3.25 | +0.15 |
| De'Von Achane RB · 56% snaps | 2.60 | 2.73 | +0.13 |
| Chris Bell WR · 55% snaps | 1.80 | 2.65 | +0.85 |
| Ollie Gordon II RB · 37% snaps | 1.00 | 1.12 | +0.12 |
| Kevin Coleman Jr. WR · 46% snaps | 0.80 | 1.40 | +0.60 |
| Ryan Miller WR · 17% snaps | 0.70 | 1.16 | +0.46 |
| Will Kacmarek TE · 38% snaps | 0.70 | 0.85 | +0.15 |
What the data says happens
Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.
| Room | Receptions gained | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | +0.584 | 1,537 | 11.16 |
| Tight ends | +0.175 | 1,080 | 3.33 |
| Backs | +0.113 | 1,011 | 2.00 |
The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.
Malik Washington’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection