Jonathon Brooks or AJ Barner: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathon Brooks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 106.

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Jonathon Brooks, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price AJ Barner at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 149th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

This season through Week 2

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.

Through Week 2, AJ Barner has been on the field for 83 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against NE he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Jonathon Brooks in the last completed season.

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.

Side by side

Jonathon Brooks is a running back and AJ Barner a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jonathon Brooks is off in Week 5 and AJ Barner in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jonathon Brooks is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jonathon Brooks has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.