Should I start Malik Nabers or Ja'Marr Chase in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Nabers, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 27.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

The market-based projections

Malik Nabers's market-based projection is 15.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 7th highest figure of the 180 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 5.0 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'Marr Chase's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 77 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 2 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 78 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 12 of 15 targets for 165 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 111 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against PHI he caught 5 of 8 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 81 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 73 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 11 of 16 targets for 141 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ATL he caught 10 of 12 targets for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Malik Nabers 14.3, 5.3 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 that year and Ja'Marr Chase WR4.

Ja'Marr Chase had 150 more targets than Malik Nabers, 185 to 35.

Ja'Marr Chase had 1141 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 1412 to 271.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 77 percent.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and Ja'Marr Chase in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Ja'Marr Chase has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.