Should I start A.J. Brown or Davante Adams in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Davante Adams, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

A.J. Brown's market-based projection is 14.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 160 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Davante Adams is 3.4 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 3 of 10 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Davante Adams has been on the field for 76 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 15.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 4 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 51 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

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

A.J. Brown was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and A.J. Brown 14.7, 1.2 a game between them.

A.J. Brown finished WR11 that year and Davante Adams WR9.

A.J. Brown had 7 more targets than Davante Adams, 121 to 114.

A.J. Brown had 214 more receiving yards than Davante Adams, 1003 to 789.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 44 percent.

This season A.J. Brown holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

A.J. Brown is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Davante Adams is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Davante Adams has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.