Davante Adams or Javonte Williams: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Davante Adams at 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 21st highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Javonte Williams at 15.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 37th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Javonte Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

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, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 2.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NYG he carried 12 times for 41 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 31 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against WAS he carried 12 times for 30 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 20 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.

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Javonte Williams was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 0.7 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 and Javonte Williams RB12, which are two different ladders.

Davante Adams is a wide receiver and Javonte Williams a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and Javonte Williams in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.1 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.