Amon-Ra St. Brown or Davante Adams: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Amon-Ra St. Brown at 18.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 8th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The player markets price Davante Adams at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Amon-Ra St. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 15.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 55.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 92 percent of DET snaps, drawn 35 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 2 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against NO he caught 10 of 14 targets for 67 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 9 of 13 targets for 142 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 2, Davante Adams has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 16.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 8 of 10 targets for 195 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Davante Adams 15.9, 3.1 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 that year and Davante Adams WR9.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 58 more targets than Davante Adams, 172 to 114.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 612 more receiving yards than Davante Adams, 1401 to 789.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 59 percent.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger target share, 35 percent against 28 percent.

Byes and availability

Amon-Ra St. Brown is off in Week 6 and Davante Adams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.0 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.