Nick Mullens 2026 fantasy outlook and rest-of-season projection
- Age
- 31
- Height / weight
- 6'0", 210 lb
- Experience
- 10th season
2026 Season
- PPR PPG
- -0.3
- Pos rank
- QB50
- Rostered
- —
Week 4 at Bengals, Sun Oct 4, 1:00 PM ET 16th vs. QBs, neutral
Nick Mullens Rest-of-Season Outlook
depth QB for deep leagues only
Preseason Projection vs. Reality
He finished QB75 last season at −0.0 points per game.
Our Take After Week 4
Through 1 game he's QB50 at −0.3 PPR points per game, against −0.0 over 5 games last season (QB75). The role is producing the same fantasy output two years running.
The next favorable matchups are the Eagles in Week 5 (7th against QBs) and the Texans in Week 6 (9th against QBs).
Read our preseason outlook (June 2026)
Published June 17, 2026. Kept for reference; the take above replaces it.
Mullens remains exactly what his career resume says: a journeyman backup whose snaps come only when the starter is hurt. The 2025 sample is essentially noise, four games and three pass attempts for 19 yards and 0.0 fantasy points behind Trevor Lawrence, and 2024 was the same story in Minnesota. You have to go back to his 2023 fill-in run to find real volume: 148 attempts, 1,306 yards, 7 touchdowns against 8 interceptions over five starts, good for just 66.7 fantasy points and a 36 positional rank.
That 2023 stretch is the cautionary tale, a 20 percent bad-throw rate and turnover-heavy gunslinging that produced points but never sustained efficiency. Now 31 and locked behind a healthy, ascending Lawrence, Mullens has no realistic path to meaningful snaps. He carries no redraft or dynasty value and should not be rostered in any standard format. He is a deep two-QB streaming dart only if Lawrence goes down, and even then a low-ceiling one.
What Drives His Outlook
His 2025 rank among the 41 quarterbacks who played at least six games. Each bar is one quarterback, best on the left; his is highlighted.
Passing volume
Fewer than 6 games in 2025, so not ranked.
Efficiency
Fewer than 6 games in 2025, so not ranked.
Rushing
Fewer than 6 games in 2025, so not ranked.
- Success rate
- 13.3%
- CPOE
- +29.0
- Sacks taken
- 0
- Pressure rate
- 33.3%
- Bad-throw rate
- 0.0%
- Deep-attempt rate
- 0.0%
What Could Change His Value
Upside
- A soft stretchThe Eagles in Week 5 and the Texans in Week 6 are top-10 matchups for QBs.Wk 4 CIN, 16thWk 5 PHI, 7thWk 6 HOU, 9thWk 8 IND, 5th
Risk
- Pressure and sacks0 sacks and a 33.3% pressure rate in 2025.
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Nick Mullens Fantasy Outlook FAQ
What is Nick Mullens's fantasy outlook for the rest of the 2026 season?
Nick Mullens projects as a depth QB for deep leagues only for the rest of the 2026 season: a bench stash in superflex and 2QB leagues and waiver-wire material in 1QB leagues. See his live rank in Redraft Command.
What is Nick Mullens's rest-of-season fantasy ranking?
Nick Mullens is the QB50 in PPR points per game through Week 4. That puts him in depth QB territory, waiver-wire material in 12-team 1QB leagues.
What is Nick Mullens's fantasy football upside?
Nick Mullens's upside: his ceiling this season is −0.3 PPR points (Week 1, QB38) and the Eagles in Week 5 and the Texans in Week 6 are top-10 matchups for QBs.
How difficult is Nick Mullens's remaining fantasy schedule?
Favorable: of his next seven games, 3 come against a top-10 matchup for QBs and 1 against one of the stingiest defenses, by PPR points allowed to the position.