Mike Evans or Jordan Addison: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 12.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 63rd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Jordan Addison at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 104th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 77.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Addison: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 102.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Mike Evans has been on the field for 66 percent of SF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 6 of 7 targets for 49 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 85 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jordan Addison was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mike Evans scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Jordan Addison 9.7, 0.9 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and Jordan Addison WR45.

Jordan Addison had 18 more targets than Mike Evans, 79 to 61.

Jordan Addison had 242 more receiving yards than Mike Evans, 610 to 368.

This season Jordan Addison holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 66 percent.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Mike Evans is off in Week 8 and Jordan Addison in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Mike Evans is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.8 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.