Should I start Adonai Mitchell or Quentin Johnston in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Adonai Mitchell, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 145th 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 Quentin Johnston is 1.5 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, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 4 targets for 37 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 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 6.7 a game between them.

Adonai Mitchell finished WR73 that year and Quentin Johnston WR34.

Quentin Johnston had 11 more targets than Adonai Mitchell, 85 to 74.

Quentin Johnston had 282 more receiving yards than Adonai Mitchell, 735 to 453.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 65 percent.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

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