Should I start Malik Nabers or Ashton Jeanty in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Nabers, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Malik Nabers is 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 so far

Through Week 7, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 76 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 70 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 111 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 70 percent of LV snaps, taken 55 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 9 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 2.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against BUF he carried 10 times for 22 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 36 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against LAR he carried 8 times for 15 yards, caught 8 of 8 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Jeanty was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Malik Nabers 14.3, 0.1 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 and Ashton Jeanty RB11, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and Ashton Jeanty in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.