Should I start Malik Nabers or Michael Penix Jr. in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 6:26 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Michael Penix Jr.: 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Malik Nabers's 85 percent of the snaps and 34 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Malik Nabers for Michael Penix Jr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Michael Penix Jr. projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.0 a game over 10 games), Malik Nabers 124 (12.4 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Malik Nabers

WR44 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 15.7 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 112

Michael Penix Jr.

QB13 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 2-2

Market-based projection: 15.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 114

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The gap

Board size299 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Nabers, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Penix Jr., and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Malik Nabers is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for Michael Penix Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 77 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 61 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 20 targets for 121 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Through Week 6, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 99 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 122 times and thrown 7.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 15 of 122 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 5 against BAL he completed 19 of 32 passes for 240 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 6 against CHI he completed 19 of 33 passes for 225 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

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 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Penix Jr. was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Nabers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Michael Penix Jr. 13.7, 0.6 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 and Michael Penix Jr. QB33, which are two different ladders.

Malik Nabers is a wide receiver and Michael Penix Jr. a quarterback, 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 Michael Penix Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Penix Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Malik Nabers for Michael Penix Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Michael Penix Jr. projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.0 a game over 10 games), Malik Nabers 124 (12.4 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Michael Penix Jr. for Malik Nabers?
No. Keep Michael Penix Jr.: he projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.0 a game over 10 games), Malik Nabers 124 (12.4 a game over 10 games).