Start Emeka Egbuka or Adonai Mitchell? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Adonai Mitchell over Emeka Egbuka in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Adonai Mitchell at 9.2 points and Emeka Egbuka at 8.9, a gap of 0.3. 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 8.9 fantasy points for Emeka Egbuka, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market gives Emeka Egbuka a 27% chance to score a touchdown (10 market sources).

That puts Adonai Mitchell 0.3 points ahead of Emeka Egbuka on these projections.

Injury status

Adonai Mitchell is listed as questionable with a finger injury.

Emeka Egbuka 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, Emeka Egbuka played 85 percent of TB snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 2 against CLE: 56 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for -3 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards, 1 touchdown.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 3 against MIN: 51 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 4 against GB: 59 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 5 against DAL: 64 of 72 snaps, 1 carry for 14 yards, 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 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, Emeka Egbuka played 17 games for TB and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 603 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Denzel Boston over Emeka Egbuka.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Emeka Egbuka.