Start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Davante Adams? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Davante Adams in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Amon-Ra St. Brown at 19.7 points and Davante Adams at 17.6, a gap of 2.1. Both numbers are 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 19.7 fantasy points for Amon-Ra St. Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Amon-Ra St. Brown at 77.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 53% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14 and 17 books).

Player prop markets imply 17.6 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Davante Adams at 75.5 receiving yards and 5.5 receptions, with a 46% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 15 books).

That puts Amon-Ra St. Brown 2.1 points ahead of Davante Adams on the books.

Injury status

Amon-Ra St. Brown is not on the injury report.

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 92 percent of DET snaps, drew 35 percent of the targets, earned 40 percent of the air yards and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 1 against NO: 69 of 77 snaps, 14 targets and 10 catches for 67 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 2 against BUF: 62 of 65 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 142 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 2, Davante Adams played 59 percent of LAR snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 1 against SF: 33 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 2 against NYG: 40 of 62 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 195 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games for DET and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets and 831 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 18 of 2025 against CHI: 15 targets and 11 catches for 139 yards, 24.9 PPR points.

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

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

Davante Adams, Week 15 of 2025 against DET: 33 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 71 yards, 11.1 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Ja'Marr Chase.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Davante Adams.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Davante Adams.
• Start Davante Adams over Chris Olave.