Start Malik Nabers or Emeka Egbuka? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Emeka Egbuka over Malik Nabers in Week 1.

Emeka Egbuka is priced by the books at 5.8 projected points. Malik Nabers has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Emeka Egbuka at ADP 36 and Malik Nabers at 28. Market coverage on Emeka Egbuka is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

No sportsbook posted a player market for Malik Nabers in Week 1.

Player prop markets imply 5.9 fantasy points for Emeka Egbuka, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Week 1 matchups

Malik Nabers and NYG host DAL.

DAL allowed 22.1 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and no touchdowns against DAL.

Emeka Egbuka and TB visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 25.8 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and no touchdowns against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Emeka Egbuka has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Malik Nabers was listed as questionable when the call was made.

Emeka Egbuka was not on the injury report when the call was made.

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, Emeka Egbuka played 17 games for TB and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 603 air yards.

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

Emeka Egbuka, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 39 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1.8 PPR points.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 39 of 67 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards, 5.0 PPR points.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 36 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 40 yards, 5.0 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Emeka Egbuka scored 11.3 PPR points and Malik Nabers scored 12.9.

The call was wrong: Malik Nabers outscored Emeka Egbuka by 1.6.

Emeka Egbuka finished 5.5 points above the 5.9 the props implied.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 1 against CIN: 49 of 57 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 63 yards, 11.3 PPR points.

Emeka Egbuka finished as the week's WR29 in PPR scoring.

Malik Nabers, Week 1 against DAL: 36 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 69 yards, 12.9 PPR points.

Malik Nabers finished as the week's WR26 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers.
• Start Malik Nabers over DeVonta Smith.
• Start Garrett Wilson over Malik Nabers.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Davante Adams.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over DeVonta Smith.
• Start Garrett Wilson over Emeka Egbuka.