Malik Washington — Week 8: Five Catches and a Score
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Nov 2
Washington caught 5 of 6 targets for 40 yards and Miami's first touchdown against the Patriots, his first touchdown catch this season, in the Dolphins' 24-19 loss at home.
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Malik Washington scored his first touchdown of the season against the Patriots: 6 targets, 5 catches, 40 yards and +5.8 expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position.
The touchdown closed the first half. He was hurt on Jalen Tolbert's third-down catch with 40 seconds left and was back on the field by third and goal at the 1, with 11 seconds left and Miami up 6-3. Malik Willis threw short left and he caught it for the score, +2.6 EPA and 2.6 points of win probability, the estimate of each side's chance to win, 13-3 after the extra point. Earlier, on second and 10 at the Miami 36, his 23-yard catch deep right reached the New England 41, +1.9 EPA, on the drive that ended in a 52-yard field goal. Down 17-13 on the first snap of the fourth, his 5-yard catch converted third and 3. He also returned a punt 14 yards.
The +5.8 was four times the +1.44 EPA he had through Week 7 on 39 targets, 26 catches and 289 yards: +0.97 a target here, against +0.04.
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