Skip to main content

Should I start Adonai Mitchell or Kyle Williams in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET.

Latest

  • : Tim Patrick: Listed Out (Coach's Decision) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : A.J. Brown: Questionable to Out (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)

Week 9 verdict

Start

WR · NYJ · at KC

Market projects
6.0
recent weeks avg
KC D vs WR
24.9
2nd fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Rising
65 of 100 at WR
Snap share
65%
Through Week 8
Target share
23%
Through Week 8
Sit

WR · NE · vs GB

Market projects
4.7
recent weeks avg
GB D vs WR
34.8
9th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
48 of 100 at WR
Snap share
36%
Through Week 8
Target share
6%
Through Week 8
Start Mitchell or Williams? The full Week 9 breakdown

Start Adonai Mitchell: 67 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kyle Williams's 37 percent of the snaps and 5 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 Kyle Williams?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyle Williams projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.2 a game over 8 games), Adonai Mitchell 27 (3.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Adonai Mitchell over Kyle Williams. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

Parlae may earn a commission from price links.

Advertisement

Your next move

More fantasy football tools and rankings, all built from the same board.

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.

WR56 · NYJ · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-3

Market-based projection
6.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
140

WR65 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
5.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
160

Make this call for your own roster

Sync your league and My Team sets this week's lineup for your actual roster, spot by spot. Free, no account.

Sync my league

Or get it by email

Tuesday 7am ET: one email with what moved on the board and who is worth a claim.

Free. One a week, one tap to stop.

The gap

  • Board size297 draftable players

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 Adonai Mitchell, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 160th 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 Kyle Williams is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 through Week 8

Through Week 8, Adonai Mitchell has been on the field for 67 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, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 30 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 17.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 43 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 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Adonai Mitchell scored 5.5 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 2.6 a game between them.

Adonai Mitchell finished WR73 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Adonai Mitchell had 53 more targets than Kyle Williams, 74 to 21.

Adonai Mitchell had 244 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 453 to 209.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 30 percent.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Adonai Mitchell for Kyle Williams?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyle Williams projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.2 a game over 8 games), Adonai Mitchell 27 (3.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Adonai Mitchell over Kyle Williams. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

  • Should I drop Kyle Williams for Adonai Mitchell?

    No. Keep Kyle Williams: he projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.2 a game over 8 games), Adonai Mitchell 27 (3.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Adonai Mitchell over Kyle Williams.

Should I drop Adonai Mitchell?

Both players in full

Week 9 on the board

Next duels