AJ Barner or A.J. Brown: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on A.J. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

What the player markets price

The player markets price AJ Barner at 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 90th highest figure of the 145 players the market prices.

The market has A.J. Brown at 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

A.J. Brown's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, AJ Barner has been on the field for 89 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 5 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 3 of 5 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

AJ Barner was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and AJ Barner 8.7, 6.0 a game between them.

AJ Barner finished TE14 and A.J. Brown WR11, which are two different ladders.

AJ Barner is a tight end and A.J. Brown a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for AJ Barner.

A.J. Brown is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

A.J. Brown is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.