Start Adonai Mitchell or Tez Johnson? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Tez Johnson over Adonai Mitchell in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Tez Johnson at 6.8 points and Adonai Mitchell at 6.0, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tez Johnson this week yet, so his 6.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (6.6 and 7.1); 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 Tez Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 6.6 and 7.1 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 6.8, 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 Tez Johnson 0.9 points ahead of Adonai Mitchell on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Tez Johnson and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CHI allowed 30.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Tez Johnson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tez Johnson is not on the injury report.

Adonai Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Tez Johnson played 39 percent of TB snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Tez Johnson, Week 5 against DAL: 28 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 64 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 6 against PIT: 25 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 7 against CAR: 41 of 63 snaps, 1 carry for 14 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tez Johnson, Week 8 against ATL: 25 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tez Johnson played 16 games for TB and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 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 Tez Johnson over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Tez Johnson.
• Start Darius Cooper over Tez Johnson.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Efton Chism III.