Brian Thomas Jr. or Jaylin Noel: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylin Noel: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 180th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Jaylin Noel, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 47 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 3 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 45 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 1 time for 13 yards, caught 1 of 5 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 1 time for 8 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 85 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 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylin Noel was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Jaylin Noel 4.0, 5.9 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 that year and Jaylin Noel WR91.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 56 more targets than Jaylin Noel, 91 to 35.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 415 more receiving yards than Jaylin Noel, 707 to 292.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 47 percent against 45 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Thomas Jr. is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Jaylin Noel.