Should I start Rashee Rice or Adonai Mitchell in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 184th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Adonai Mitchell, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.3 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.

The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

Rashee Rice's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Adonai Mitchell was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 13.3 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 that year and Adonai Mitchell WR73.

Rashee Rice had 4 more targets than Adonai Mitchell, 78 to 74.

Rashee Rice had 118 more receiving yards than Adonai Mitchell, 571 to 453.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 64 percent.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and Adonai Mitchell in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Adonai Mitchell is listed as questionable on the injury report.