Malik Nabers or Tucker Kraft: Who Should You Start?

2026 Week 3 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

Start Kraft — the availability and consensus rank edges are too wide to ignore.

Tucker Kraft is the healthier side of this call (Nabers carries a Questionable tag) and is the higher consensus play (TE9 to WR15). Nabers's edge is the projection, 14.4 to 10.3. The gap is narrow.

Malik Nabers

Malik Nabers

WR15NYGvs TEN

Projected Points

Start
Tucker Kraft

Tucker Kraft

TE9GBvs ATL

Projected Points

Start· medium

Malik Nabers’s market

REC
O/U 4.5
-108 / -118
Receptions Props →
REC YDS
O/U 56.5
-111 / -113
Receiving Yards Props →
ATD
Anytime TD
+210
Anytime Touchdown Props →

Tucker Kraft’s market

REC
O/U 3.5
-164 / +128
Receptions Props →
REC YDS
O/U 46.5
-113 / -113
Receiving Yards Props →
ATD
Anytime TD
+195
Anytime Touchdown Props →
TEN@
NYGSun, Sep 27, 1:00 PM ETView the game →
ATL@
GBThu, Sep 24, 8:15 PM ETView the game →

Why Malik Nabers

Start

WR1 and offensive centerpiece. Explosive separator with elite YAC, returning from a season-ending injury.

Start — every-week WR start at consensus WR15: TEN is the 11th-softest matchup vs WRs, 21% target share.

  • Carries a Questionable tag — usually plays, but monitor the final report.
  • TEN ranks 22 of 32 against WRs (one of the softer matchups, 2-game sample).
  • Vegas implies 23.8 team points as 3.0-point favorites.
  • Listed WR on the latest depth chart with a 63% snap share.

Latest on Nabers

Malik Nabers suffered a right shoulder injury late in the first quarter of the Week 2 Monday night loss to the Rams while contesting a catch, was in significant pain and briefly ruled questionable to return, but came back into the game in the second quarter after his shoulder reportedly popped out on the play.

SI.com (Giants On SI) · Sep 22, 2026
Injury Report: Brian Burns, Andrew Thomas DNP; Malik Nabers full

View the injury report for the Week 3 matchup between the New York Giants and Tennessee Titans at MetLife Stadium.

giants.com · Sep 24, 2026
Sources: Giants QB Jaxson Dart believed to have sprained MCL

Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart is believed to have sustained a sprained MCL on Monday night based on initial exams, sources told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo. He will undergo an MRI on Tuesday.

ESPN · Sep 22, 2026
Giants' Harbaugh admits tackling Nabers to relax WR's injury fears

Giants coach John Harbaugh says tackling star receiver Malik Nabers was "all in fun" and was an effort to help the wideout move beyond his injury fears.

ESPN · Sep 14, 2026

Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.

Why Tucker Kraft

Start· medium

TE1 and primary seam threat. Physical yards-after-catch producer and capable in-line blocker; returning from injury.

TE9 with an 82% snap share on a 27.0 implied total; every-down role outweighs a thin 13% target share in a shallow TE pool.

  • ATL ranks 24 of 32 against TEs (one of the softer matchups, 2-game sample).
  • Vegas implies 27.0 team points as 7.5-point favorites.
  • Listed TE on the latest depth chart with a 82% snap share.

The call

  • Role is locked in: 82% snap share over two games, and he played 58 of 59 snaps in Week 2 per Packers On SI. That kind of full-time usage is rare at tight end.
  • Game environment is strong. Green Bay's 27.0 implied total and -7.5 spread point to plenty of scoring chances, which raises his touchdown equity.
  • Matchup reads favorable at 24 of 32 on DvP, but it's a 2-game sample with 0.00 confidence, so it carries little weight.
  • The risk is volume: a 13% target share and a 2-catch, 15-yard Week 2 with a fumble cap his floor. At 10.3 projected points and TE9, he still clears a typical replacement tight end.

Latest on Kraft

Role

Kraft played 58 of 59 offensive snaps in Week 2 (all but one), in line with his prior workload, catching two passes for 15 yards while also fumbling and drawing a holding penalty.

SI/Packers On SI · Sep 21, 2026
How to bet Falcons-Packers on TNF: Analysis, tips and top plays

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ESPN · Sep 24, 2026
Contract extension is dream come true for Tucker Kraft

Packers tight end eager to rise to the occasion, win games

packers.com · Sep 18, 2026
Packers sign TE Tucker Kraft to contract extension

General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced the transaction Saturday

packers.com · Sep 12, 2026

Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.

Head-to-head stats

MetricMalik NabersTucker Kraft
Projected points
Consensus rankWR15TE9
Opponent vs positionTEN · 22 of 322-game sampleATL · 24 of 322-game sample
Receptions31 of 3222 of 32
Receiving Yards30 of 3222 of 32
Receiving TDs15 of 3230 of 32
Targets18 of 3217 of 32
Anytime TD15 of 3230 of 32
Target share21%13%
Reception share19%14%
Implied total · spread23.8-3.027.0-7.5
Depth chartWR1TE1
Snap share63%82%
Injury designationQuestionable—
Start/Sit record0–0+1 toss-up0–2

Recent form

Malik Nabers — last 2 weeks

Week 2vs LAR
Week 1vs DAL

Tucker Kraft — last 2 weeks

Week 2vs NYJ
Week 1vs MIN

Signal breakdown

  • 14.4 vs 10.3 projected PPR pointsMalik Nabers +
  • Rank 15 vs 9Tucker Kraft +
  • Opponent DvP rank 22 vs 24 (32 = softest)even
  • Implied 23.8 vs 27.0 team pointsTucker Kraft +
  • Questionable vs no designationTucker Kraft +
  • 63% vs 82% snap shareTucker Kraft +

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