Amon-Ra St. Brown or A.J. Brown: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Amon-Ra St. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 14.

Drafters have formed no consensus on A.J. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 35.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Amon-Ra St. Brown, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for A.J. Brown, so the only market pricing 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 through Week 1

Through Week 1, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 36 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 5.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against NO he caught 10 of 14 targets for 67 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and A.J. Brown 14.7, 4.4 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 that year and A.J. Brown WR11.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 51 more targets than A.J. Brown, 172 to 121.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 398 more receiving yards than A.J. Brown, 1401 to 1003.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 44 percent.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger target share, 36 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Amon-Ra St. Brown is off in Week 6 and A.J. Brown in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

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