Ja'Marr Chase vs Malik Nabers: Who Should You Start?
If you are choosing between Ja'Marr Chase and Malik Nabers for your lineup, you are not alone. Ja'Marr Chase finished the 2025 season at 15.7 PPG for the Cincinnati Bengals (16 games), and Malik Nabers averaged 12.0 for the New York Giants (4 games).
That 3.7-point weekly advantage for Ja'Marr Chase is meaningful but not automatic. Fantasy football is a week-to-week sport, and the answer to "who should I start" often changes based on opponent, recent form, and game environment. Season averages set the baseline; weekly context makes the call.
Target volume is the story here. Ja'Marr Chase saw 185 targets in 2025, while Malik Nabers drew 35. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Ja'Marr Chase, even in weeks where Malik Nabers posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Ja'Marr Chase has his bye in Week 10, and Malik Nabers rests in Week 14. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
