Should I start Adonai Mitchell or Michael Mayer in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Adonai Mitchell, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 1.4 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 Michael Mayer is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 7

Through Week 7, Adonai Mitchell has been on the field for 67 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 14.0 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.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 7 of 9 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 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 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Mayer scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 0.2 a game between them.

Adonai Mitchell finished WR73 and Michael Mayer TE38, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

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