Brian Thomas Jr. or Blake Corum: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 127th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Blake Corum at 7.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 138th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 92.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Blake Corum: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 124.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 45 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CLE he caught 3 of 3 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

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

Through Week 2, Blake Corum has been on the field for 34 percent of LAR snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have come 6.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against SF he carried 10 times for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYG he carried 12 times for 79 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 13 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 Blake Corum played 17 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He carried 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 more yards.

That came to 8.5 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Blake Corum was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Blake Corum 7.2, 2.7 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 and Blake Corum RB40, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Brian Thomas Jr. is off in Week 7 and Blake Corum in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.