Ashton Jeanty or Brian Thomas Jr.: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ashton Jeanty: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ashton Jeanty at 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 66th highest figure of the 128 players the market prices.

Ashton Jeanty's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 72 percent of LV snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 7 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he carried 19 times for 56 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 10 times for 27 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 48 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Ashton Jeanty was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 4.5 a game between them.

Ashton Jeanty finished RB11 and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42, which are two different ladders.

Ashton Jeanty is a running back and Brian Thomas Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Ashton Jeanty is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.