Start Davante Adams or Adonai Mitchell? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Adonai Mitchell over Davante Adams in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Adonai Mitchell at 10.0 points and Davante Adams at 10.0, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Adonai Mitchell, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Adonai Mitchell at 47.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (15, 12 and 14 books).

Player prop markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books give Davante Adams a 44% chance to score a touchdown (15 books).

That puts Adonai Mitchell 0.0 points ahead of Davante Adams on the books.

Injury status

Adonai Mitchell is listed as questionable with a finger injury.

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

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 2, Davante Adams played 59 percent of LAR snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 1 against SF: 33 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 2 against NYG: 40 of 62 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 195 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR 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 and 671 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Davante Adams, Week 15 of 2025 against DET: 33 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 71 yards, 11.1 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

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• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Davante Adams over Chris Olave.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Davante Adams.
• Start Davante Adams over DeVonta Smith.