Should I start Mike Evans or Marvin Mims Jr. in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Mims Jr., and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mike Evans is 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Marvin Mims Jr.'s market-based projection is 4.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

Mike Evans's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Mike Evans has been on the field for 55 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 14.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Marvin Mims Jr. has been on the field for 28 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he carried 2 times for 19 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Marvin Mims Jr. 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.

Marvin Mims Jr. was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mike Evans scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Marvin Mims Jr. 6.2, 4.4 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and Marvin Mims Jr. WR66.

Mike Evans had 10 more targets than Marvin Mims Jr., 61 to 51.

Mike Evans had 46 more receiving yards than Marvin Mims Jr., 368 to 322.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 28 percent.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Mike Evans is off in Week 8 and Marvin Mims Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Mike Evans is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Mike Evans has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.