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Chase Brown
vs Malik Nabers

2026 · Week 5 · Half-PPR

Chase Brown
RB · CIN
Malik Nabers
WR · NYG

The crowd’s lean

Week 5

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This week

WEEK 5

Brown

at MIA

Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET

Nabers

at WAS

Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET

16.9

Projected

11.7

Projected

Half-PPR
projection

2026 season, per game

BrownNabers
11.9Fantasy pts9.0
4Games4
14.5Carries—
52Rush yds—
3.6Yds/carry—
6.0Targets6.5
5.3Receptions4.5
26Receiving yds52
—Touchdowns—
BrownNabers
14.6Fantasy pts12.0
17Games4
13.6Carries0.0
60Rush yds0
4.4Yds/carry—
5.2Targets8.8
4.1Receptions4.5
26Receiving yds68
0.6Touchdowns0.5
Full game log & past seasons +
Chase Brown
2026 game log
WKOPPFPTSRANKATTYDTDTGTRECRYDRTD
1
—
16.3
RB14
16
56
1
6
5
22
—
2
—
9.7
RB20
20
80
—
5
3
2
—
3
—
7.9
RB30
13
61
—
2
2
8
—
4
—
13.6
RB22
9
10
—
11
11
71
—
Earlier seasons (2025, 2024)
2025 game log
WKOPPFPTSRANKATTYDTDTGTRECRYDRTD
1
CLE
12.1
RB21
21
43
1
3
2
8
—
2
JAX
7.5
RB34
16
47
—
3
2
18
—
3
MIN
4.0
RB48
10
3
—
5
4
17
—
4
DEN
8.6
RB37
10
40
—
3
3
31
—
5
DET
8.3
RB28
8
27
—
8
7
21
—
6
GB
7.9
RB20
9
42
—
2
2
7
—
7
PIT
11.0
RB17
11
108
—
4
2
-8
—
8
NYJ
24.0
RB5
12
73
1
3
3
32
1
9
CHI
15.2
RB8
11
37
—
14
8
75
—
10
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
11
PIT
15.7
RB15
18
99
—
8
6
28
—
12
NE
14.0
RB13
19
107
—
4
2
23
—
13
BAL
14.8
RB15
15
78
—
7
7
35
—
14
BUF
17.0
RB8
12
23
1
4
3
12
1
15
BAL
12.5
RB19
13
53
—
7
7
37
—
16
MIA
30.9
RB2
12
66
1
4
4
43
2
17
ARI
27.6
RB3
22
101
2
3
3
40
—
18
CLE
17.0
RB10
13
72
—
6
4
18
1
2024 game log
WKOPPFPTSRANKATTYDTDTGTRECRYDRTD
1
NE
3.8
RB43
3
11
—
3
3
12
—
2
KC
3.1
RB52
4
31
—
—
—
—
—
3
WAS
7.9
RB34
7
62
—
3
2
7
—
4
CAR
22.2
RB5
15
80
2
3
2
12
—
5
BAL
14.9
RB12
12
46
—
3
3
8
1
6
NYG
13.4
RB19
10
53
1
3
2
11
—
7
CLE
6.3
RB36
15
44
—
2
2
9
—
8
PHI
10.4
RB27
12
32
1
4
2
2
—
9
LV
24.2
RB5
27
120
—
5
5
37
1
10
BAL
17.9
RB4
13
42
1
11
9
52
—
11
LAC
16.8
RB10
22
86
—
7
5
57
—
12
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
13
PIT
17.5
RB10
12
70
1
3
3
30
—
14
DAL
21.3
RB6
14
58
—
8
6
65
1
15
TEN
24.8
RB4
25
97
1
3
3
16
1
16
CLE
12.4
RB20
18
91
—
3
3
18
—
17
DEN
11.1
RB14
20
67
—
4
4
24
—
Malik Nabers
2026 game log
WKOPPFPTSRANKTGTRECYDTD
1
—
9.9
WR28
9
6
69
—
2
—
0.6
WR116
4
1
1
—
3
—
5.1
WR66
6
5
26
—
4
—
20.2
WR10
7
6
112
1
Earlier seasons (2025, 2024)
2025 game log
WKOPPFPTSRANKTGTRECYDTD
1
WAS
9.6
WR28
12
5
71
—
2
DAL
33.2
WR2
13
9
167
2
3
KC
2.3
WR88
7
2
13
—
4
LAC
3.0
WR77
3
2
20
—
2024 game log
WKOPPFPTSRANKTGTRECYDTD
1
MIN
9.1
WR32
7
5
66
—
2
WAS
23.7
WR3
18
10
127
1
3
CLE
24.2
WR3
12
8
78
2
4
DAL
17.1
WR12
15
12
115
—
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7
PHI
6.1
WR43
8
4
41
—
8
PIT
10.6
WR38
13
7
71
—
9
WAS
10.4
WR29
11
9
59
—
10
CAR
7.8
WR30
10
6
50
—
11
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
12
TB
9.4
WR26
9
6
64
—
13
DAL
11.3
WR28
13
8
69
—
14
NO
12.4
WR25
10
5
79
—
15
BAL
19.2
WR10
14
10
82
1
16
ATL
10.3
WR32
14
7
68
—
17
IND
32.6
WR2
8
7
171
2
18
PHI
14.9
WR15
8
5
64
1

Expert takes

Chase Brown
  • “Favorite Stack: Burrow, Chase, Higgins, and Chase Brown are scattered throughout the articles this week, so this is where I want to lean into the stance instead of pretending those plays are independent. The fact that this game is Andy’s Almost Upset of the Week scares me more than it did a few days ago, but I still like the combo. Tee Higgins is due for a 20+ yard TD.”

    Chris Cash· Sep 26, 2026
  • “Chase Brown | $6,600 | @ PIT Brown has already handled 36 carries and eight receptions, including 23 touches last week against HOU (see, go get em, Jonathan Taylor ). PIT has allowed 256 rushing yards through two games at 4.3 yards per carry, so this matchup is juicy. Projection : 16.79 DK points at 10.35% pOwn, with a 27-point ceiling.”

    Chris Cash· Sep 25, 2026
  • “Chase Brown posted a 72% snap share, matching a true bell-cow workload — team-high 16 carries, including a designed goal-line touchdown, plus 5 catches on 6 targets.”

    Andrew Erickson· Sep 16, 2026
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  • “On the other side of the ball, Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase , Higgins, and Chase Brown are all easy starts for the Ballers.”

    Jordan Pullett· Sep 12, 2026
  • “TB | DraftKings: $7,100/FanDuel: $7,500 Chase Brown is a workhorse running back in an elite offense. You can go with Jahmyr Gibbs here, too, but I prefer to save a bit of salary with Brown. The Bengals face the Buccaneers in a projected shootout, as highlighted by the game’s 50.5-point total.”

    Frank Ammirante· Sep 12, 2026
  • “Chase Brown ( CIN) : ADP 13.6 | RB 8 After a quiet rookie season, Brown has turned into a fantasy star.”

    Mike Fanelli· Aug 31, 2026
  • “2026 NFL Overs: Best Running Back Prop Bets David Montgomery — Over 825.5 Rushing Yards (-114) David Montgomery — Over 7.5 Rushing Touchdowns (-102) Chase Brown — Over 824.5 Rushing Yards (-110) Chase Brown — Over 5.5 Rushing Touchdowns (-125) 2026 NFL Longshot Running Back Prop Bets David Montgomery Touchdown Ladder 10+ Touchdowns (+195) 12+ Touchdowns (+350) 15+ Touchdowns (+800) Chase Brown Rushing Ladder 1000+ Rushing Yards (+210) 1250+ Rushing Yards (+550) 1500+ Rushing Yards (+1700) Fantasy football projections, like those done by Rich Hribar , can be a guide to help identify overvalued or undervalued players in the current betting markets.”

    Curtis Hirsch· Aug 11, 2026
  • “I don’t think any other running back is set up as well as Chase Brown is this season. The London, Ontario native is primed for his third straight top-12 season.”

    Ellis Johnson· Aug 11, 2026
  • “Chase Brown (RB – CIN) has real top-three overall ceiling that isn’t being discussed enough.”

    FantasyPros Staff· Aug 10, 2026
  • “Chase Brown is expected to play an important role in a highly functioning offense that could finish as one of the top-scoring teams in 2026. Brown is a pass-catching back who adds a vast amount of value due to his high reception rate, and dual threat in regards to touchdowns (11 total) . The running back for the Bengals caught 69 receptions for 437 yards.”

    Steve Krebs· Aug 8, 2026
Malik Nabers
  • “So far this season, according to the Fantasy Points Data Suite, Nabers has a 25.6% target share on all routes run and averages 0.45 fantasy points per route. This week he is up against Amik Robertson . I do feel bad for name-checking Robertson every week in this column .”

    Adam Murfet· Oct 8, 2026
  • “Nabers is coming off a good game, opening the door to selling him high. Daniel Jones has played poorly this year, and Alec Pierce ‘s absence is concerning for Jonathan Taylor ‘s outlook. In 17 games with Pierce since 2025, Taylor has recorded 96.1 rushing yards per game, 4.9 yards per carry and 20.58 half-PPR points per game.”

    Josh Shepardson· Oct 10, 2026
  • “He is coming off his best game of the season, but let’s be honest with ourselves here: going into the week, you would have loved to be fielding offers for Nabers with the situation the Giants’ offense was facing and the different injuries Nabers was dealing with as well. Now he has his big game, and lets not revert back to holding again, lets take our blessing and sell, sell, sell. I would look to grab someone like a Tetairoa McMillan who just had a monster game, but could easily fool owners into a sell-high situation himself.”

    FantasyPros Staff· Oct 8, 2026
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  • “Here’s the thing: Malik Nabers is not back to full health yet. He’s near the bottom of the league in separation score this season and is sitting behind Isaiah Likely in target share. With every passing week, Nabers should be inching closer to his old self.”

    Jim Moorman· Oct 6, 2026
  • “As a result of Winston getting back to slinging it, Malik Nabers had six receptions for 112 yards and a touchdown on seven targets, and Isaiah Likely had seven receptions for 66 scoreless yards on 12 targets. Winston’s showing provides gamers with hope for Nabers and Likely. That said, it may be best to use this as a selling window for Nabers.”

    Josh Shepardson· Oct 5, 2026
  • “Winston was trying to keep it simple by going to his first read at the seventh-highest rate, and even though Malik Nabers was the first read on 37% of plays, it counted for nothing because of the poor weather and the crowded area the ball was thrown into. We have to face the fact that this could be another lost season for Nabers, who hasn’t yet reached 10 half-PPR points in any game. The Cardinals’ pass defense ranks 30th in EPA allowed and has given up the 12th-most schedule-adjusted fantasy points to wide receivers.”

    Tom Strachan· Sep 30, 2026
  • “If you drafted Nabers expecting a weekly WR1, there is plenty of reason to panic. I’m not selling him for scraps, and I’m not outright dropping him, but he’s fallen into risky FLEX territory. On the plus side, the Giants have three favorable matchups coming up.”

    FantasyPros Staff· Sep 29, 2026
  • “Nabers was targeted on four occasions in the loss , missing a handful of snaps due to – what later turned out to be – a dislocated shoulder…and this is what concerns me way more than who happens to be throwing the former first-round pick the ball for the rest of the year. With Dart out, you could be forgiven for proclaiming this an already lost season for John Harbaugh’s men – so would it be crazy to suggest they may just shut down their star WR to save any more damage being done for little to no gain?”

    PaulMarnie· Sep 26, 2026
  • “Stack Idea: Dart + Nabers + Kyren + Mevis Malik Nabers $13,500 Nabers is my lower-owned CPT alternative, as I currently have him at just under 10%. He caught six passes for 69 yards in his return last week, and his projected CPT ownership is less than half Dart’s. I want some lineups where the Giants’ biggest receiving performance belongs to Nabers, with Dart collecting the passing points in FLEX.”

    Chris Cash· Sep 21, 2026
  • “Nabers ran a route on 24 of those 36 snaps and quickly commanded nine targets.”

    Nate Henry· Sep 15, 2026
  • “Malik Nabers (WR – NYG) Going as the WR11, around the 27th overall pick, Nabers has shown real positive injury progression, moving out of the no-contact jersey and into full team drills.”

    FantasyPros Staff· Aug 28, 2026
  • “Malik Nabers completely avoided the PUP list this offseason and has been trending towards starting the season as close to completely healthy as anyone could have hoped for. Nabers is still a potential value at his current ECR and ADP, as it was at this time just a year ago, when he was a popular first round draft target.”

    Raju Byfield· Aug 23, 2026
  • “At the start of the offseason, this was a no-brainer selection for “riskiest player to draft.” After all, Malik Nabers could barely hobble to first base in a friendly kickball game.”

    Ellis Johnson· Aug 21, 2026

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Draft history and ADP
ADP 16.4
Chase Brown
RB · CIN · RB10
ADP 27.3
Malik Nabers
WR · NYG · WR11
VS
The crowd's leanAll time
67% would rather draft Brown over Nabers
67%Brown
33%Nabers
Based on 88 comparison results