Start Courtland Sutton or Adonai Mitchell? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Adonai Mitchell over Courtland Sutton in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Adonai Mitchell at 9.2 points and Courtland Sutton at 8.4, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Adonai Mitchell this week yet, so his 9.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 5 (8.9 and 9.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Adonai Mitchell yet. His market-based projections were 8.9 and 9.6 points in Weeks 3 and 5, an average of 9.2, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Adonai Mitchell a 27% chance to score a touchdown (8 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.4 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 32 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Adonai Mitchell 0.8 points ahead of Courtland Sutton on these projections.

Injury status

Adonai Mitchell is listed as questionable with a finger injury.

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 2, Adonai Mitchell played 76 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 56 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 1 against TEN: 46 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 60 yards.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 2 against GB: 61 of 74 snaps, 12 targets and 6 catches for 63 yards.

Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton played 78 percent of DEN snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 2 against JAX: 45 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 3 against LAR: 58 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 5 against LAC: 50 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Adonai Mitchell played 16 games for NYJ and scored 87.9 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR73.

He caught 33 of 74 targets for 453 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 373 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 18 of 2025 against BUF: 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over DJ Moore.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Courtland Sutton.