Davante Adams or Saquon Barkley: who should I start in Week 3?

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 player markets price Saquon Barkley at 15.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 40th highest figure of the 186 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 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Saquon Barkley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 23.

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, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 39 percent of PHI snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he carried 15 times for 83 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -3 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 4 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 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 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17.5 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Saquon Barkley was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Saquon Barkley 14.5, 1.4 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 and Saquon Barkley RB14, which are two different ladders.

Davante Adams is a wide receiver and Saquon Barkley 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 Saquon Barkley in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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.