Start Adonai Mitchell or Dontayvion Wicks? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Adonai Mitchell over Dontayvion Wicks in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Adonai Mitchell at 6.5 points and Dontayvion Wicks at 8.5, a gap of 2.1. Adonai Mitchell still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 195 against 193, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (9.7, 9.1 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Adonai Mitchell, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 27 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (9, 8 and 12 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks yet. His market-based projections were 9.7, 9.1 and 6.8 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 0.3 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Dontayvion Wicks 2.1 points ahead of Adonai Mitchell on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Adonai Mitchell and NYJ host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 110 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIA.

Dontayvion Wicks and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 169 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, Dontayvion Wicks has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Adonai Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 7

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 6, Dontayvion Wicks played 79 percent of PHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 3 against CHI: 44 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 4 against LAR: 56 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 5 against JAX: 52 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 63 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 6 against CAR: 40 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 24 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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Darius Cooper.
• Start Carnell Tate over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Christian Watson over Dontayvion Wicks.