Should I start Dak Prescott or Adonai Mitchell in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 10:21 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Dak Prescott: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Adonai Mitchell's 64 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Adonai Mitchell for Dak Prescott?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Adonai Mitchell 27 (3.4 a game over 8 games).
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB19 · DAL · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 21.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 139
WR56 · NYJ · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Market-based projection
- 6.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 140
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Adonai Mitchell, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Dak Prescott is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Dak Prescott's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 330 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 43 of 330 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.
In Week 6 against GB he completed 34 of 54 passes for 258 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 7 yards.
In Week 7 against PHI he completed 15 of 27 passes for 212 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
In Week 8 against ARI he completed 19 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 21 yards.
Through Week 8, Adonai Mitchell has been on the field for 65 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 12 two minute targets.
His 27 targets have averaged 17.6 air yards.
In Week 2 against GB he caught 6 of 12 targets for 63 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against MIA he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against LV he caught 7 of 9 targets for 142 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Dak Prescott played 17 games and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.
He threw for 4552 yards on 600 attempts with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 35.3 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Adonai Mitchell played 16 games and scored 87.9 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR73.
He caught 33 of 74 targets for 453 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.
That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 45 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Dak Prescott was available for 1 game more.
Side by side
In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 13.6 a game between them.
Dak Prescott finished QB6 and Adonai Mitchell WR73, which are two different ladders.
Dak Prescott is a quarterback and Adonai Mitchell a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Dak Prescott is off in Week 14 and Adonai Mitchell in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Adonai Mitchell for Dak Prescott?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Adonai Mitchell 27 (3.4 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Dak Prescott for Adonai Mitchell?
No. Keep Dak Prescott: he projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Adonai Mitchell 27 (3.4 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Adonai Mitchell?
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