Usage comparison · Wide receivers

Adonai Mitchell vs Jaylen Waddle

Jaylen Waddle gets more of his team's passes (23% vs 20%), while Adonai Mitchell gets more of the deep throws (45% of his team's air yards vs 36%). Adonai Mitchell has played 3 games and Jaylen Waddle 7 games. Near the end zone, Jaylen Waddle has had more chances (4 vs 2 plays within 20 yards), and the same share of their teams' chances there (8%). Jaylen Waddle is scoring more fantasy points a game (9.1 vs 7.1, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 10.5 vs 10.3 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–7 · Updated Oct 27, 2026

WRNYJ

Adonai Mitchell
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
7.1
Expected points per gameEst.
10.3

3 games with a target, carry or dropback

WRDEN

Jaylen Waddle
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
9.1
Expected points per gameEst.
10.5

7 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 7. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.
Adonai Mitchell and Jaylen Waddle, season usage side by side
StatAdonai MitchellJaylen Waddle
Games37
Passes thrown to him
Targets1845
Target share20%23%
Air-yards share45%36%
Catches926
Receiving yards123276
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances24
Red-zone share8%8%
End-zone targets11
Touchdowns
Touchdowns01
Expected touchdownsEst.0.81.2
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)7.19.1
Fantasy points (PPR)21.363.9
Expected points per gameEst.10.310.5
Points vs expectedEst.−3.2−1.7

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

  • Adonai Mitchell
  • Jaylen Waddle

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Target share by week
WeekAdonai MitchellJaylen Waddle
113%against TEN11%against KC
233%against GB34%against JAX
3— no game with a target, carry or dropback23%against LA
4— no game with a target, carry or dropback16%against SF
5— no game with a target, carry or dropback23%against LAC
6— no game with a target, carry or dropback29%against SEA
710%against MIA28%against ARI

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.
Leaderboard ranks for Adonai Mitchell and Jaylen Waddle
LeaderboardAdonai MitchellJaylen Waddle
Target share leaders#34of 117 wide receivers#23of 117 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders#5of 117 wide receivers#16of 117 wide receivers
Red-zone share leadersBelow the minimum (at least 3 red-zone opportunities in at least 2 games)#56of 85 wide receivers
Red-zone opportunity leaders#86of 191 wide receivers#54of 191 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders#73of 191 wide receivers#97of 191 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.#41of 191 wide receivers#40of 191 wide receivers

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.

Adonai Mitchell

Volume, not production

Adonai Mitchell has 45% of NYJ's air yards but is scoring 3.2 PPR points a game below what that usage usually produces.

Air-yards share
45%
Targets
18
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
−3.2

Weeks 1–2 and 7 · 3 games

Jaylen Waddle

No talking points for him in this week's report.

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