Brian Thomas Jr. or Alec Pierce: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alec Pierce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 212th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 126th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 47 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 3 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Alec Pierce has been on the field for 41 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.

He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 6.5 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Alec Pierce played 15 games and scored 183.3 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR28.

He caught 47 of 84 targets for 1003 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 21.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Alec Pierce was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alec Pierce scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 2.3 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 that year and Alec Pierce WR28.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 7 more targets than Alec Pierce, 91 to 84.

Alec Pierce had 296 more receiving yards than Brian Thomas Jr., 1003 to 707.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 47 percent against 41 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Thomas Jr. is off in Week 7 and Alec Pierce in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Alec Pierce is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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