Should I start A.J. Brown or Malik Nabers in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Nabers, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 27.

The market-based projections

A.J. Brown's market-based projection is 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Malik Nabers is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Malik Nabers's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 60 percent of NE snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 3 of 10 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 77 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 61 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 112 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 20 targets for 121 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 12 of 15 targets for 165 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 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.

A.J. Brown was available for 11 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Malik Nabers 14.3, 0.4 a game between them.

A.J. Brown finished WR11 that year and Malik Nabers WR101.

A.J. Brown had 86 more targets than Malik Nabers, 121 to 35.

A.J. Brown had 732 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 1003 to 271.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 60 percent.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11 and Malik Nabers in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

A.J. Brown is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Malik Nabers has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.