Start Adonai Mitchell or Terry McLaurin? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Adonai Mitchell over Terry McLaurin in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Adonai Mitchell at 10.0 points and Terry McLaurin at 9.7, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Terry McLaurin's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Adonai Mitchell, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Adonai Mitchell at 47.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (15, 12 and 14 books).

Player prop markets imply 9.7 fantasy points for Terry McLaurin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Terry McLaurin at 42.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (13, 11 and 14 books).

That puts Adonai Mitchell 0.3 points ahead of Terry McLaurin on the books.

Injury status

Adonai Mitchell is listed as questionable with a finger injury.

Terry McLaurin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

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 2, Terry McLaurin played 79 percent of WAS snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Terry McLaurin, Week 1 against PHI: 61 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 2 against DAL: 50 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 2 catches for 50 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, Terry McLaurin played 10 games for WAS and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Terry McLaurin, Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 4 targets and 4 catches for 57 yards, 9.7 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

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• Start Adonai Mitchell over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Carnell Tate.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Davante Adams over Terry McLaurin.