Should I start Adonai Mitchell or Jalen Nailor in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Adonai Mitchell, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 184th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.2 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.

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

This season through Week 8

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.

Through Week 8, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 54 percent of LV snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 1 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 42 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Nailor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 0.4 a game between them.

Adonai Mitchell finished WR73 that year and Jalen Nailor WR61.

Adonai Mitchell had 21 more targets than Jalen Nailor, 74 to 53.

Adonai Mitchell had 9 more receiving yards than Jalen Nailor, 453 to 444.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 54 percent.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.