Brian Thomas Jr. or Jakobi Meyers: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 112th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Jakobi Meyers at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 113th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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 92.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jakobi Meyers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 112.

This season through Week 2

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.

Through Week 2, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 78 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 16.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against CLE he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 28 yards and did not score.

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 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers scored 11.0 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 1.1 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 that year and Jakobi Meyers WR32.

Jakobi Meyers had 19 more targets than Brian Thomas Jr., 110 to 91.

Jakobi Meyers had 128 more receiving yards than Brian Thomas Jr., 835 to 707.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 45 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Jakobi Meyers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.1 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.