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Should I start Jake Ferguson or Marvin Mims in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 5:11 AM ET.

Start Jake Ferguson: 74 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Marvin Mims's 25 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Marvin Mims for Jake Ferguson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jake Ferguson projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.0 a game over 10 games), Marvin Mims 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

TE21 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection
7.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
123

WR54 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 0-4

Market-based projection
3.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
124

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jake Ferguson, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Mims, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jake Ferguson is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. 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-based projection for Marvin Mims is 1.7 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 72 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Marvin Mims 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Marvin Mims 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.

Jake Ferguson was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jake Ferguson scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Marvin Mims 6.2, 4.9 a game between them.

Jake Ferguson finished TE5 and Marvin Mims WR66, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Jake Ferguson is off in Week 14 and Marvin Mims in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Marvin Mims for Jake Ferguson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Jake Ferguson projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.0 a game over 10 games), Marvin Mims 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Jake Ferguson for Marvin Mims?

    No. Keep Jake Ferguson: he projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.0 a game over 10 games), Marvin Mims 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games).

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