Malik Nabers or DK Metcalf: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Malik Nabers at 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 75th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 76th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Nabers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 84.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 62 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

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

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 1 of 4 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 96 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 4 of 10 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 4 of 9 targets for 27 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, 96 percent against 62 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 21 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

0.3 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.