Start Josh Downs or Adonai Mitchell? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Josh Downs over Adonai Mitchell in Week 6.

Adonai Mitchell is listed doubtful on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Josh Downs.

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.

Player markets imply 11.6 fantasy points for Josh Downs, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 49 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Josh Downs 2.4 points ahead of Adonai Mitchell on these projections.

Injury status

Adonai Mitchell is listed as doubtful with a finger injury.

Josh Downs is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

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, Josh Downs played 80 percent of IND snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Downs, Week 2 against KC: 54 of 65 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 72 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 3 against HOU: 48 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 5 catches for 77 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 4 against WAS: 51 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 5 against PIT: 60 of 71 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 47 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, Josh Downs played 16 games for IND and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 422 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Josh Downs over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Josh Downs.
• Start Josh Downs over Courtland Sutton.