Start Kalif Raymond or Adonai Mitchell? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Kalif Raymond over Adonai Mitchell in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Kalif Raymond at 6.2 points and Adonai Mitchell at 6.0, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kalif Raymond this week yet, so his 6.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (6.7, 6.4 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Adonai Mitchell this week yet, so his 6.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (6.5 and 5.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Kalif Raymond yet. His market-based projections were 6.7, 6.4 and 5.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 6.2, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Adonai Mitchell yet. His market-based projections were 6.5 and 5.4 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 6.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Kalif Raymond 0.2 points ahead of Adonai Mitchell on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Kalif Raymond and CHI host TB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

TB allowed 29.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 135 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TB.

Adonai Mitchell and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 23.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 122 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against KC.

By points allowed to the position, Kalif Raymond has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kalif Raymond is not on the injury report.

Adonai Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Kalif Raymond played 61 percent of CHI snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kalif Raymond, Week 4 against NYJ: 47 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 5 against GB: 47 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for -2 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 6 against ATL: 36 of 77 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 7 against NE: 48 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 8, Adonai Mitchell played 67 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 45 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.

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

Adonai Mitchell, Week 8 against LV: 9 targets and 7 catches for 142 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kalif Raymond played 15 games for DET and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets and 132 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 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 9 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over Kalif Raymond.
• Start Darius Cooper over Kalif Raymond.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Kalif Raymond.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Efton Chism III.