Aaron Jones Sr. or Malik Nabers: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 70th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price Malik Nabers at 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 71st highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 139.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Nabers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 45.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 62 percent of MIN snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 12 times for 40 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against CHI he carried 23 times for 105 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 62 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against DAL he caught 6 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 1 of 4 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Aaron Jones Sr. was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Nabers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 4.4 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 and Malik Nabers WR101, which are two different ladders.

Aaron Jones Sr. is a running back and Malik Nabers a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Malik Nabers in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

The books have them level, so the first line either book moves is the whole answer.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.