Should I start DeMario Douglas or Adonai Mitchell in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeMario Douglas: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 198th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Adonai Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 200th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 1.7 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.

DeMario Douglas's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 53 percent of NE snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 5 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 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.

DeMario Douglas was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeMario Douglas scored 5.6 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 0.1 a game between them.

DeMario Douglas finished WR65 that year and Adonai Mitchell WR73.

Adonai Mitchell had 28 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 74 to 46.

Adonai Mitchell had 6 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 453 to 447.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 53 percent.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

DeMario Douglas is off in Week 11 and Adonai Mitchell in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Adonai Mitchell is listed as out on the injury report.