Start Marvin Mims Jr. or Cody White? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Cody White over Marvin Mims Jr. in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Cody White at 3.9 points and Marvin Mims Jr. at 3.5, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Cody White this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.0, 3.6 and 3.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Marvin Mims Jr. this week yet, so his 3.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.5, 3.1 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Cody White yet. His market-based projections were 5.0, 3.6 and 3.2 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Marvin Mims Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 3.5, 3.1 and 3.8 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 3.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Cody White 0.4 points ahead of Marvin Mims Jr. on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Cody White and LV visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 30.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

Marvin Mims Jr. and DEN host KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 23.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 122 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against KC.

By points allowed to the position, Cody White has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Marvin Mims Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Cody White played 32 percent of LV snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Cody White, Week 4 against KC: 52 of 84 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 36 yards.

Cody White, Week 5 against NE: 37 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 44 yards.

Cody White, Week 6 against BUF: 14 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cody White, Week 7 against LAR: 17 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Through Week 7, Marvin Mims Jr. played 26 percent of DEN snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Marvin Mims Jr., Week 7 against ARI: 16 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 53 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cody White played 10 games for SEA and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.

He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Marvin Mims Jr. played 15 games for DEN 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 and 91 air yards.

He was on the field for 35 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Marvin Mims Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against LAC: 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards, 3.0 PPR points.

Marvin Mims Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against KC: 34 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 10 yards, 4.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Cody White.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Marvin Mims Jr..
• Start Marvin Mims Jr. over Jauan Jennings.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Marvin Mims Jr..