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Should I start Malik Nabers or CeeDee Lamb in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 10:01 AM ET.

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Week 10 verdict

Start

WR · DAL · vs SF

Market projects
21.1
fantasy pts
SF D vs WR
27.2
6th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
High
98 of 100 at WR
Snap share
81%
Through Week 9
Target share
33%
Through Week 9
Sit

WR · NYG · vs WAS

Market projects
15.2
fantasy pts
WAS D vs WR
33.6
12th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
High
88 of 100 at WR
Snap share
77%
Through Week 9
Target share
30%
Through Week 9
Start Lamb or Nabers? The full Week 10 breakdown

Start CeeDee Lamb: 84 percent of the snaps and 44 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Malik Nabers's 80 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Malik Nabers for CeeDee Lamb?

Yes, on the rest of the season. CeeDee Lamb projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (18.7 a game over 7 games), Malik Nabers 111 (13.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts CeeDee Lamb over Malik Nabers, 21.1 to 15.2 projected PPR points.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR4 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
15.2 pts a game

WR17 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 5-4

Market-based projection
20.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
55

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The gap

  • Board size306 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Nabers, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Malik Nabers's market-based projection is 15.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 7th highest figure of the 180 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 77 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 2 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 78 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against PHI he caught 5 of 8 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 81 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 32 of the offence's 82 third down targets, had 3 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 18 of its 55 two minute targets.

His 108 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 5 of 12 targets for 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against ARI he caught 7 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against IND he caught 10 of 16 targets for 195 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

CeeDee Lamb was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

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

Malik Nabers finished WR101 that year and CeeDee Lamb WR22.

CeeDee Lamb had 82 more targets than Malik Nabers, 117 to 35.

CeeDee Lamb had 806 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 1077 to 271.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 77 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 30 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Malik Nabers for CeeDee Lamb?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. CeeDee Lamb projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (18.7 a game over 7 games), Malik Nabers 111 (13.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts CeeDee Lamb over Malik Nabers, 21.1 to 15.2 projected PPR points.

  • Should I drop CeeDee Lamb for Malik Nabers?

    No. Keep CeeDee Lamb: he projects 131 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (18.7 a game over 7 games), Malik Nabers 111 (13.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts CeeDee Lamb over Malik Nabers, 21.1 to 15.2 projected PPR points.

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