Should I start Mike Evans or A.J. Brown in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Mike Evans, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

A.J. Brown's market-based projection is 14.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 160 players with a market-based projection.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Mike Evans has been on the field for 58 percent of SF snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 4.1 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and A.J. Brown WR11.

A.J. Brown had 60 more targets than Mike Evans, 121 to 61.

A.J. Brown had 635 more receiving yards than Mike Evans, 1003 to 368.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 44 percent.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Mike Evans is off in Week 8 and A.J. Brown in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Mike Evans is listed as out on the injury report.

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

What would change the answer

Mike Evans has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.