Should I start Jalen Nailor or Marvin Mims Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Mims Jr., and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.1 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 has Marvin Mims Jr. at 1.1 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 55 percent of LV snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 42 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Marvin Mims Jr. has been on the field for 26 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 9.0 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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Jalen Nailor was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Marvin Mims Jr. scored 6.2 PPR points a game and Jalen Nailor 5.9, 0.3 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor finished WR61 that year and Marvin Mims Jr. WR66.

Jalen Nailor had 2 more targets than Marvin Mims Jr., 53 to 51.

Jalen Nailor had 122 more receiving yards than Marvin Mims Jr., 444 to 322.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 26 percent.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Nailor is off in Week 13 and Marvin Mims Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.