Should I start A.J. Brown or Garrett Wilson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

A.J. Brown's market-based projection is 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Garrett Wilson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 60 percent of NE snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

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

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 3 of 10 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 7 of 11 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

A.J. Brown was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Garrett Wilson 14.2, 0.5 a game between them.

A.J. Brown finished WR11 that year and Garrett Wilson WR62.

A.J. Brown had 62 more targets than Garrett Wilson, 121 to 59.

A.J. Brown had 608 more receiving yards than Garrett Wilson, 1003 to 395.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 60 percent.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11 and Garrett Wilson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

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

What would change the answer

Garrett Wilson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.