Marvin Mims or Josh Downs: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Marvin Mims: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Josh Downs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Marvin Mims at 3.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 88th highest figure of the 135 players the market prices.

The market has Josh Downs at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Josh Downs's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Marvin Mims has been on the field for 22 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against KC he was not given the ball.

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.

Through Week 5, Josh Downs has been on the field for 80 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 5 of 11 targets for 77 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Downs was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Marvin Mims 6.2, 2.3 a game between them.

Marvin Mims finished WR66 that year and Josh Downs WR44.

Josh Downs had 37 more targets than Marvin Mims, 88 to 51.

Josh Downs had 244 more receiving yards than Marvin Mims, 566 to 322.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 22 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Marvin Mims.

What would change the answer

Josh Downs is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.