Marvin Mims or Justin Jefferson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Marvin Mims: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 16.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Marvin Mims at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 161st highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Justin Jefferson at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Marvin Mims has been on the field for 23 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 21 third down targets and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 6.0 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.

Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 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 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Justin Jefferson was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Marvin Mims 6.2, 5.7 a game between them.

Marvin Mims finished WR66 that year and Justin Jefferson WR21.

Justin Jefferson had 90 more targets than Marvin Mims, 141 to 51.

Justin Jefferson had 726 more receiving yards than Marvin Mims, 1048 to 322.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 23 percent.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Justin Jefferson is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Marvin Mims.

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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