Davante Adams or Deebo Samuel Sr.: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 125.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Davante Adams at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 20th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The books have Deebo Samuel Sr. at 6.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Deebo Samuel Sr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

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.

Through Week 2, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 50 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he carried 1 time for 12 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 50 percent.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Deebo Samuel Sr. is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.