Should I start Marvin Mims or T.J. Hockenson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Mims, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Marvin Mims is 1.8 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.

The market has T.J. Hockenson at 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Marvin Mims has been on the field for 23 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 60 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

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 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson scored 7.5 PPR points a game and Marvin Mims 6.2, 1.3 a game between them.

Marvin Mims finished WR66 and T.J. Hockenson TE26, which are two different ladders.

Marvin Mims is a wide receiver and T.J. Hockenson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Marvin Mims is off in Week 10 and T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as out on the injury report.