Brenton Strange or Jonathan Taylor: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brenton Strange: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathan Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brenton Strange at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 44th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The market has Jonathan Taylor at 6.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

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, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 82 percent of IND snaps, taken 75 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 11 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 23 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Brenton Strange 9.8, 11.5 a game between them.

Brenton Strange finished TE23 and Jonathan Taylor RB4, which are two different ladders.

Brenton Strange is a tight end and Jonathan Taylor a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Brenton Strange.

What would change the answer

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