Marvin Mims or Brock Bowers: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Marvin Mims: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brock Bowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 32.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Marvin Mims at 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The market has Brock Bowers at 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Brock Bowers's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Marvin Mims has been on the field for 22 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against KC he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 78 percent of LV snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 10 of 13 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 6 of 11 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 8 of 10 targets for 110 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Marvin Mims played 15 games and scored 93.0 PPR points, 6.2 a game, finishing WR66.

He caught 37 of 51 targets for 322 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 8.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 35 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Marvin Mims was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Marvin Mims 6.2, 8.5 a game between them.

Marvin Mims finished WR66 and Brock Bowers TE11, which are two different ladders.

Marvin Mims is a wide receiver and Brock Bowers a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Brock Bowers is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Marvin Mims.

What would change the answer

Brock Bowers is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.