Ja'Marr Chase or Davante Adams: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Ja'Marr Chase at 17.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 18th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Davante Adams at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 19th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

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.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 91 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 75 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 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 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.

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Davante Adams 15.9, 3.7 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 that year and Davante Adams WR9.

Ja'Marr Chase had 71 more targets than Davante Adams, 185 to 114.

Ja'Marr Chase had 623 more receiving yards than Davante Adams, 1412 to 789.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 59 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Davante Adams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.