Jared Wayne or A.J. Brown: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jared Wayne: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 214th 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 227th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jared Wayne at 0.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 217th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for A.J. Brown, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Jared Wayne has been on the field for 0 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 1 of 4 targets for 20 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 Jared Wayne played 1 game and scored 4.0 PPR points, 4.0 a game.

He caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

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 14 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Jared Wayne 4.0, 10.7 a game between them.

A.J. Brown had 119 more targets than Jared Wayne, 121 to 2.

A.J. Brown had 983 more receiving yards than Jared Wayne, 1003 to 20.

This season A.J. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 44 percent against 0 percent.

This season A.J. Brown holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jared Wayne.

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

What would change the answer

A.J. Brown has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.