Should I start Adonai Mitchell or Joshua Palmer in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Adonai Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 200th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Joshua Palmer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 1.7 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 Joshua Palmer is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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 so far

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 4, Joshua Palmer has been on the field for 40 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 23.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he caught 1 of 3 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against LAC he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 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 Joshua Palmer played 12 games and scored 52.3 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR105.

He caught 22 of 37 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

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

Adonai Mitchell finished WR73 that year and Joshua Palmer WR105.

Adonai Mitchell had 37 more targets than Joshua Palmer, 74 to 37.

Adonai Mitchell had 150 more receiving yards than Joshua Palmer, 453 to 303.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 40 percent.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Adonai Mitchell is off in Week 13 and Joshua Palmer in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Adonai Mitchell is listed as out on the injury report.

Joshua Palmer is listed as questionable on the injury report.