Start Jordan Addison or Adonai Mitchell? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jordan Addison over Adonai Mitchell in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jordan Addison at 8.8 points and Adonai Mitchell at 8.0, 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 8.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (9.6 and 6.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jordan Addison at ADP 102 and Adonai Mitchell at 195.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Jordan Addison, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jordan Addison is 39 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 8 and 12 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Adonai Mitchell yet. His market-based projections were 9.6 and 6.5 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 8.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Jordan Addison 0.8 points ahead of Adonai Mitchell on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jordan Addison and MIN visit DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 39.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 187 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET.

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

LV allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Addison has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jordan Addison is not on the injury report.

Adonai Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Jordan Addison played 90 percent of MIN snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Addison, Week 2 against CHI: 46 of 52 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Jordan Addison, Week 3 against TB: 58 of 59 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jordan Addison, Week 4 against MIA: 75 of 78 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 52 yards.

Jordan Addison, Week 7 against IND: 49 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Through Week 7, Adonai Mitchell played 67 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 8 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.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 7 against MIA: 26 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jordan Addison played 14 games for MIN and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 477 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Carnell Tate over Jordan Addison.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jordan Addison.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Jordan Addison.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.