Jalen Brooks or A.J. Brown: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Brooks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 127th 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 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

The market-based projections

Jalen Brooks's market-based projection is 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 117th highest figure of the 152 players with a market-based projection.

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 projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Jalen Brooks has been on the field for 15 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 2 of 7 targets for 16 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 Jalen Brooks played 6 games and scored 6.1 PPR points, 1.0 a game.

He caught 3 of 6 targets for 51 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.0 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 17.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 32 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.

A.J. Brown was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Jalen Brooks 1.0, 13.7 a game between them.

A.J. Brown had 115 more targets than Jalen Brooks, 121 to 6.

A.J. Brown had 952 more receiving yards than Jalen Brooks, 1003 to 51.

This season A.J. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 44 percent against 15 percent.

This season A.J. Brown holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jalen Brooks.

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.