Start Malik Nabers or Davante Adams? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Malik Nabers over Davante Adams in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Malik Nabers at 15.7 points and Davante Adams at 14.4, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Malik Nabers at ADP 35 and Davante Adams at 42.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.7 fantasy points for Malik Nabers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Malik Nabers is 73 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.4 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Davante Adams is 58 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (12, 11 and 14 market sources).

That puts Malik Nabers 1.4 points ahead of Davante Adams on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Malik Nabers and NYG host NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 29.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against NO.

Davante Adams and LAR host ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 37.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 157 yards and 2.0 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Davante Adams has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Malik Nabers is not on the injury report.

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Malik Nabers played 75 percent of NYG snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Nabers, Week 2 against LAR: 43 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Malik Nabers, Week 3 against TEN: 50 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 26 yards.

Malik Nabers, Week 4 against ARI: 51 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 112 yards, 1 touchdown.

Malik Nabers, Week 5 against WAS: 80 of 89 snaps, 20 targets and 11 catches for 121 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Davante Adams played 76 percent of LAR snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 37 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 2 against NYG: 40 of 62 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 195 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Davante Adams, Week 3 against DEN: 71 of 86 snaps, 13 targets and 7 catches for 137 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 4 against PHI: 80 of 84 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 5 against BUF: 60 of 82 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 51 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Malik Nabers played 4 games for NYG 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 and 219 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

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

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Malik Nabers over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Malik Nabers.
• Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers.
• Start Davante Adams over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Davante Adams.
• Start Chris Olave over Davante Adams.