Should I start Marvin Mims Jr. or Elic Ayomanor in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Marvin Mims Jr.'s market-based projection is 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 148th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

Elic Ayomanor's market-based projection is 3.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 153rd highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Mims Jr., and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Marvin Mims Jr. has been on the field for 23 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 60 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elic Ayomanor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Marvin Mims Jr. 6.2, 1.1 a game between them.

Marvin Mims Jr. finished WR66 that year and Elic Ayomanor WR55.

Elic Ayomanor had 38 more targets than Marvin Mims Jr., 89 to 51.

Elic Ayomanor had 193 more receiving yards than Marvin Mims Jr., 515 to 322.

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 23 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 8 percent each.

Byes and availability

Marvin Mims Jr. is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Elic Ayomanor.

What would change the answer

0.2 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.