Should I start Adonai Mitchell or Malik Nabers in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Adonai Mitchell, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Nabers, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 27.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 2.1 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 Malik Nabers is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 6, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 77 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 61 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 112 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 20 targets for 121 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 12 of 15 targets for 165 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 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Nabers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 8.8 a game between them.

Adonai Mitchell finished WR73 that year and Malik Nabers WR101.

Adonai Mitchell had 39 more targets than Malik Nabers, 74 to 35.

Adonai Mitchell had 182 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 453 to 271.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 76 percent.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Adonai Mitchell is listed as out on the injury report.