Brian Thomas Jr. or Jacoby Brissett: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 98th highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

The market has Jacoby Brissett at 16.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 7 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 48 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 214 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 33 of 214 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 3 against SF he completed 38 of 51 passes for 280 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 4 yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he completed 21 of 35 passes for 166 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 4 times for 18 yards.

In Week 5 against DET he completed 29 of 46 passes for 292 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 19 yards.

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 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 6.9 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 and Jacoby Brissett QB16, which are two different ladders.

Brian Thomas Jr. is a wide receiver and Jacoby Brissett a quarterback, 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 Jacoby Brissett in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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