Aaron Jones Sr. or Jonathon Brooks: who should I start in Week 6?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market prices neither of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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RB45 · MIN · on bye this week
2026 vs carries line 5-0
- Market price
- 16.2 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 161
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
RB46 · CAR · bye 5
- Overall rank
- 164
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size168 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
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Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathon Brooks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for Aaron Jones Sr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Jonathon Brooks, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 5, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 69 percent of MIN snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 39 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.
His 18 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 3 against TB he carried 17 times for 58 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 34 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against MIA he carried 20 times for 94 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against NO he carried 25 times for 113 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 2, Jonathon Brooks has been on the field for 25 percent of CAR snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.
His 3 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.
In Week 1 against CHI he carried 4 times for 14 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 48 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against ATL he carried 5 times for 16 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -5 yards and did not score.
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Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.
He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.
That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.
He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
The season feed carries no line for Jonathon Brooks in the last completed season.
Head to head
This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 25 percent.
This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 21 percent.
Byes and availability
Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Jonathon Brooks in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.
Aaron Jones Sr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Jonathon Brooks is listed as ir on the injury report.
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