Start Adonai Mitchell or Laquon Treadwell? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Adonai Mitchell over Laquon Treadwell in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Adonai Mitchell at 6.0 points and Laquon Treadwell at 5.6, a gap of 0.3. 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 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. No player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell this week yet, so his 5.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (6.5, 4.4 and 5.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell yet. His market-based projections were 6.5, 4.4 and 5.9 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Adonai Mitchell 0.3 points ahead of Laquon Treadwell on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

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

KC allowed 24.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against KC.

Laquon Treadwell and IND host DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 164 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, Laquon Treadwell has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Adonai Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Laquon Treadwell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Adonai Mitchell played 65 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: 39 of 64 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 142 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Laquon Treadwell played 76 percent of IND snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 5 against PIT: 57 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 6 against TEN: 77 of 83 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 7 against MIN: 45 of 58 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 8 against JAX: 43 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 18 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.

In 2025, Laquon Treadwell played 10 games for IND.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 0 air yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Efton Chism III.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Efton Chism III.