Start Kendrick Bourne or Adonai Mitchell? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Kendrick Bourne over Adonai Mitchell in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Kendrick Bourne at 8.5 points and Adonai Mitchell at 8.0, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (9.7, 7.5 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne yet. His market-based projections were 9.7, 7.5 and 8.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

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 Kendrick Bourne 0.5 points ahead of Adonai Mitchell on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Kendrick Bourne and ARI visit DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 163 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

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, Kendrick Bourne has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.

Adonai Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Kendrick Bourne played 58 percent of ARI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 41 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 7 against DEN: 45 of 81 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 9 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, 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.

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 Chris Godwin Jr. over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.