Marvin Mims or Michael Penix Jr.: 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 Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th 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 Michael Penix Jr. at 17.2 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Michael Penix Jr.'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, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 98 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 83 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 83 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

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.

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 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.

Marvin Mims was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Marvin Mims 6.2, 7.5 a game between them.

Marvin Mims finished WR66 and Michael Penix Jr. QB33, which are two different ladders.

Marvin Mims 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

Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Marvin Mims.

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

What would change the answer

Michael Penix Jr. is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.