Start Adonai Mitchell or Dontayvion Wicks? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Adonai Mitchell over Dontayvion Wicks in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Adonai Mitchell at 10.0 points and Dontayvion Wicks at 9.7, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Dontayvion Wicks's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

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 (16, 13 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 9.7 fantasy points for Dontayvion Wicks, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Dontayvion Wicks at 41.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (14, 10 and 15 books).

That puts Adonai Mitchell 0.3 points ahead of Dontayvion Wicks on the books.

Injury status

Adonai Mitchell is listed as questionable with a finger injury.

Dontayvion Wicks 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, Dontayvion Wicks played 74 percent of PHI snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 1 against WAS: 50 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 73 yards, 1 touchdown.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 2 against TEN: 47 of 76 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 74 yards.

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, Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games for GB and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 265 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 3 of 47 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1.7 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Davante Adams.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Dontayvion Wicks over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Dontayvion Wicks over Carnell Tate.
• Start Dontayvion Wicks over Chris Godwin Jr..