Should I start Malik Nabers or DK Metcalf in Week 10?

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 12th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

DK Metcalf's market-based projection is 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 14th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

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 DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

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 8, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 64 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 11 of 15 targets for 93 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 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 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DK Metcalf was available for 11 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Nabers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and DK Metcalf 12.5, 1.8 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 that year and DK Metcalf WR26.

DK Metcalf had 64 more targets than Malik Nabers, 99 to 35.

DK Metcalf had 579 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 850 to 271.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 77 percent.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.