Should I start Ja'Kobi Lane or Jalen Nailor in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 1.3 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.

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.0 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.

Ja'Kobi Lane's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 40 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 48 percent of LV snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 40 percent.

This season Ja'Kobi Lane holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.