Should I start Marvin Mims Jr. or Isaac TeSlaa in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Mims Jr., and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Marvin Mims Jr.'s market-based projection is 4.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Isaac TeSlaa is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Marvin Mims Jr. has been on the field for 28 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.2 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.

In Week 8 against KC he carried 2 times for 19 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 57 percent of DET snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he was not given the ball.

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 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Marvin Mims Jr. scored 6.2 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 1.7 a game between them.

Marvin Mims Jr. finished WR66 that year and Isaac TeSlaa WR82.

Marvin Mims Jr. had 24 more targets than Isaac TeSlaa, 51 to 27.

Marvin Mims Jr. had 83 more receiving yards than Isaac TeSlaa, 322 to 239.

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 28 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 9 percent each.

Byes and availability

Marvin Mims Jr. is off in Week 10 and Isaac TeSlaa in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Isaac TeSlaa has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.