Should I start A.J. Brown or Jalen Coker in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

A.J. Brown's market-based projection is 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 194 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Jalen Coker is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

Jalen Coker'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, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 67 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 8 of 9 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 13 targets for 97 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 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

A.J. Brown was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 6.5 a game between them.

A.J. Brown finished WR11 that year and Jalen Coker WR69.

A.J. Brown had 78 more targets than Jalen Coker, 121 to 43.

A.J. Brown had 609 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 1003 to 394.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 60 percent.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11 and Jalen Coker in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

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

What would change the answer

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