Should I start Davante Adams or Luther Burden III in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Davante Adams, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Luther Burden III, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Luther Burden III, 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 through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 64 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 2 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 4 times for 2 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 8 of 8 targets for 95 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 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Luther Burden III was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 7.4 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 that year and Luther Burden III WR48.

Davante Adams had 54 more targets than Luther Burden III, 114 to 60.

Davante Adams had 137 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 789 to 652.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 64 percent.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and Luther Burden III in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.