Davante Adams vs Malik Nabers: Who Should You Start?
Davante Adams and Malik Nabers are both viable fantasy wide receivers heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. Davante Adams averaged 13.8 PPG across 14 games with the Los Angeles Rams, while Malik Nabers posted 12.0 PPG in 4 appearances for the New York Giants.
A 1.8-PPG gap gives Davante Adams the edge on paper, but paper does not account for Thursday night matchups, weather games, or a star defender returning from injury. The real question is not who was better in 2025, but who is the better start this specific week.
Target volume is the story here. Davante Adams saw 114 targets in 2025, while Malik Nabers drew 35. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Davante Adams, even in weeks where Malik Nabers posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Davante Adams has his bye in Week 6, and Malik Nabers rests in Week 11. 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.
