Daniel Jones or Brian Thomas Jr.: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Daniel Jones at 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 37th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 140th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 77.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 91.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 34 times and thrown 6.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 34 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 1 against BAL he completed 19 of 31 passes for 166 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 4 yards.

Through Week 1, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 35 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 2 third down targets and had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five.

His 3 targets have averaged 14.7 air yards.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Daniel Jones played 13 games and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He threw for 3101 yards on 384 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 29.5 attempts a game at 8.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 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.

Brian Thomas Jr. was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 8.1 a game between them.

Daniel Jones finished QB17 and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42, which are two different ladders.

Daniel Jones is a quarterback 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

Daniel Jones 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

7.6 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.