Harold Fannin Jr. or Brian Thomas Jr.: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Harold Fannin Jr. at 9.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 99th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 104th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Harold Fannin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 104.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 93.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Harold Fannin Jr. has been on the field for 84 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 3.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 5 of 6 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

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.

Harold Fannin Jr. was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. scored 11.7 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 1.7 a game between them.

Harold Fannin Jr. finished TE6 and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42, which are two different ladders.

Harold Fannin Jr. is a tight end 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

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

What would change the answer

0.2 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.