Should I start Adonai Mitchell or DK Metcalf in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Adonai Mitchell, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 1.4 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.

The market-based projection for DK Metcalf is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Adonai Mitchell has been on the field for 67 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 14.0 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.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 11 of 15 targets for 93 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 6 targets for 56 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.

In 2025 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 7.0 a game between them.

Adonai Mitchell finished WR73 that year and DK Metcalf WR26.

DK Metcalf had 25 more targets than Adonai Mitchell, 99 to 74.

DK Metcalf had 397 more receiving yards than Adonai Mitchell, 850 to 453.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 67 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Adonai Mitchell is off in Week 13 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.