Start Malik Nabers or Tetairoa McMillan? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Malik Nabers over Tetairoa McMillan in Week 2.

De-vigged player props project Malik Nabers at 14.4 points and Tetairoa McMillan at 13.7, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Tetairoa McMillan's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have. Drafters take Malik Nabers at ADP 29 and Tetairoa McMillan at 35.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 14.4 fantasy points for Malik Nabers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 13.7 fantasy points for Tetairoa McMillan, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Malik Nabers 0.8 points ahead of Tetairoa McMillan on the books.

Week 2 matchups

Malik Nabers and NYG visit LAR on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

LAR allowed 47.9 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 4th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns against LAR.

Tetairoa McMillan and CAR visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 22.4 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 124 yards and no touchdowns against ATL.

By points allowed to the position, Malik Nabers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Malik Nabers is not on the injury report.

Tetairoa McMillan is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Malik Nabers played 52 percent of NYG snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 42 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Through Week 1, Tetairoa McMillan played 82 percent of CAR snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 1 against CHI: 56 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 75 yards.

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, Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games for CAR and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 745 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 18 of 2025 against TB: 45 of 51 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 85 yards, 10.5 PPR points.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 17 of 2025 against SEA: 44 of 53 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards, 1.5 PPR points.

Their other Week 2 calls

• Start Chris Olave over Malik Nabers.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Malik Nabers.
• Start Malik Nabers over DJ Moore.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Tetairoa McMillan.
• Start Tetairoa McMillan over Emeka Egbuka.
• Start Tetairoa McMillan over Garrett Wilson.