Adonai Mitchell or Isaiah Likely: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Adonai Mitchell at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 96th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 9.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 101st highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

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 Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 163.

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, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 58 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against DAL he caught 8 of 8 targets for 78 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 5 of 10 targets for 33 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 Isaiah Likely played 14 games and scored 61.7 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing TE45.

He caught 27 of 36 targets for 307 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Adonai Mitchell scored 5.5 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 1.1 a game between them.

Adonai Mitchell finished WR73 and Isaiah Likely TE45, which are two different ladders.

Adonai Mitchell is a wide receiver and Isaiah Likely a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Adonai Mitchell is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.7 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.