Malik Nabers or Kyle Monangai: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Malik Nabers at 13.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 56th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kyle Monangai at 9.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 94th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Nabers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 70 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 1 of 4 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 112 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Nabers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 5.6 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 and Kyle Monangai RB30, which are two different ladders.

Malik Nabers is a wide receiver and Kyle Monangai a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and Kyle Monangai in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Malik Nabers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.