Brenton Strange or Jakobi Meyers: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brenton Strange at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 36th highest figure of the 128 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jakobi Meyers at 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 128 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brenton Strange: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jakobi Meyers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 7 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 81 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 7 of 8 targets for 64 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jakobi Meyers was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers scored 11.0 PPR points a game and Brenton Strange 9.8, 1.2 a game between them.

Brenton Strange finished TE23 and Jakobi Meyers WR32, which are two different ladders.

Brenton Strange is a tight end and Jakobi Meyers a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jakobi Meyers is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Brenton Strange.

What would change the answer

0.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.