Adonai Mitchell or Xavier Worthy: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Adonai Mitchell at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 96th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Xavier Worthy at 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 99th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Adonai Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 207.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Worthy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 110.

This season through Week 2

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 2, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 82 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 5 of 7 targets for 25 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 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 2.4 a game between them.

Adonai Mitchell finished WR73 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Adonai Mitchell had 1 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 74 to 73.

Xavier Worthy had 79 more receiving yards than Adonai Mitchell, 532 to 453.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 76 percent.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Adonai Mitchell is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.