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Should I start Eli Raridon or Adonai Mitchell in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 11:16 AM ET.

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Start Eli Raridon: 68 percent of the snaps and 14 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 Eli Raridon?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Eli Raridon projects 35 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.4 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.

Eli Raridon

TE27 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
139

Adonai Mitchell

WR57 · 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 Eli Raridon, 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 Eli Raridon is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 56 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

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

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Eli Raridon is a tight end 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

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Adonai Mitchell for Eli Raridon?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Eli Raridon projects 35 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.4 a game over 8 games), Adonai Mitchell 27 (3.4 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Eli Raridon for Adonai Mitchell?

    No. Keep Eli Raridon: he projects 35 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.4 a game over 8 games), Adonai Mitchell 27 (3.4 a game over 8 games).

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