Start Kendrick Bourne or Adonai Mitchell? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kendrick Bourne over Adonai Mitchell in Week 6.

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

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 8.4 fantasy points for Kendrick Bourne, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendrick Bourne is 38 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Adonai Mitchell 0.9 points ahead of Kendrick Bourne on these projections.

Injury status

Adonai Mitchell is listed as doubtful with a finger injury.

Kendrick Bourne 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, Kendrick Bourne played 59 percent of ARI snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 2 against SEA: 30 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 3 against SF: 48 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 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, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 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 Kendrick Bourne over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Carnell Tate over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Chris Godwin Jr..