AJ Barner or Rome Odunze: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price AJ Barner at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 150th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Rome Odunze at 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 154th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rome Odunze: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 66.

This season through Week 2

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.

Through Week 2, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 66 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 19.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 52 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 43 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 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

AJ Barner was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rome Odunze scored 12.2 PPR points a game and AJ Barner 8.7, 3.5 a game between them.

AJ Barner finished TE14 and Rome Odunze WR41, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

AJ Barner is off in Week 11 and Rome Odunze in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.