Jared Goff or Brian Thomas Jr.: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jared Goff at 16.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 27th highest figure of the 176 players the books 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 105th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jared Goff: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

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.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jared Goff has been on the field for 100 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 85 times and thrown 7.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 18 of 85 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 1 against NO he completed 26 of 39 passes for 206 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he completed 26 of 38 passes for 327 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 7 yards.

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 Jared Goff played 17 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.

He threw for 4564 yards on 578 attempts with 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 34.0 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 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.

Jared Goff was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jared Goff scored 17.9 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 8.0 a game between them.

Jared Goff finished QB9 and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42, which are two different ladders.

Jared Goff 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

Jared Goff is off in Week 6 and Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.4 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.