Malik Nabers or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

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 Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Malik Nabers at 13.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.6 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.

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

This season so far

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 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Terry McLaurin was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Nabers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 2.9 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Terry McLaurin had 25 more targets than Malik Nabers, 60 to 35.

Terry McLaurin had 311 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 582 to 271.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 70 percent.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and Terry McLaurin in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Malik Nabers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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