Should I start Alec Pierce or Davante Adams in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alec Pierce, and the board ranks him 257th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Davante Adams, and the board ranks him 258th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Alec Pierce, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Davante Adams, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Alec Pierce has been on the field for 41 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 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 Alec Pierce played 15 games and scored 183.3 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR28.

He caught 47 of 84 targets for 1003 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 21.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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.

Alec Pierce was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Alec Pierce 12.2, 3.7 a game between them.

Alec Pierce finished WR28 that year and Davante Adams WR9.

Davante Adams had 30 more targets than Alec Pierce, 114 to 84.

Alec Pierce had 214 more receiving yards than Davante Adams, 1003 to 789.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 41 percent.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Alec Pierce is off in Week 13 and Davante Adams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Alec Pierce is listed as ir on the injury report.

Davante Adams is listed as ir on the injury report.