Should I start Adonai Mitchell or Elic Ayomanor in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Adonai Mitchell's market-based projection is 5.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Elic Ayomanor's market-based projection is 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 139th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Adonai Mitchell, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 65 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 7 targets for 44 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 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 1.8 a game between them.

Adonai Mitchell finished WR73 that year and Elic Ayomanor WR55.

Elic Ayomanor had 15 more targets than Adonai Mitchell, 89 to 74.

Elic Ayomanor had 62 more receiving yards than Adonai Mitchell, 515 to 453.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 65 percent.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.