Start Davante Adams or Josh Downs? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Davante Adams over Josh Downs in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Davante Adams at 15.1 points and Josh Downs at 10.5, a gap of 4.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.1 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Davante Adams at 58.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 56% chance to score a touchdown (5, 5 and 6 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Josh Downs, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Josh Downs at 45.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (5, 5 and 7 market sources).

That puts Davante Adams 4.6 points ahead of Josh Downs on the market projections.

Injury status

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Josh Downs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Davante Adams played 76 percent of LAR snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 37 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Davante Adams, Week 3 against DEN: 71 of 86 snaps, 13 targets and 7 catches for 137 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 4 against PHI: 80 of 84 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 5 against BUF: 7 targets and 5 catches for 51 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 5, Josh Downs played 80 percent of IND snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Downs, Week 2 against KC: 54 of 65 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 72 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 3 against HOU: 48 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 5 catches for 77 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 4 against WAS: 51 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 5 against PIT: 60 of 71 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Josh Downs played 16 games for IND and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 422 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Davante Adams over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Davante Adams.
• Start Chris Olave over Davante Adams.
• Start Carnell Tate over Josh Downs.
• Start Christian Watson over Josh Downs.
• Start Josh Downs over Courtland Sutton.