CeeDee Lamb or Malik Nabers: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price CeeDee Lamb at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 26th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Malik Nabers at 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 47th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Nabers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 81 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he carried 1 time for 0 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 52 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

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

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

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.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 that year and Malik Nabers WR101.

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 52 percent.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

2.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

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.