Should I start Charlie Kolar or Marvin Mims Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Charlie Kolar, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Mims Jr., and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Charlie Kolar is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Marvin Mims Jr. at 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Charlie Kolar has been on the field for 65 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 3 of 6 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Marvin Mims Jr. has been on the field for 26 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Charlie Kolar played 17 games and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Marvin Mims Jr. 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.

Charlie Kolar was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Marvin Mims Jr. scored 6.2 PPR points a game and Charlie Kolar 2.1, 4.1 a game between them.

Charlie Kolar finished TE62 and Marvin Mims Jr. WR66, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Charlie Kolar is off in Week 7 and Marvin Mims Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.