Adonai Mitchell or Deebo Samuel Sr.: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Adonai Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 207.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 125.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Adonai Mitchell at 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 95th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The books have Deebo Samuel Sr. at 6.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Deebo Samuel Sr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Adonai Mitchell has been on the field for 76 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 60 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against GB he caught 6 of 12 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 50 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he carried 1 time for 12 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 50 percent.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Adonai Mitchell is off in Week 13 and Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Deebo Samuel Sr. is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.