Brian Thomas Jr. or Jerry Jeudy: 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 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jerry Jeudy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Brian Thomas Jr.'s market-based projection is 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 121st highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Jerry Jeudy is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jerry Jeudy's projection 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, Jerry Jeudy has been on the field for 58 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against CAR he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 19 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 6-7 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 Jerry Jeudy played 17 games and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jerry Jeudy was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Jerry Jeudy 7.1, 2.8 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 that year and Jerry Jeudy WR52.

Jerry Jeudy had 15 more targets than Brian Thomas Jr., 106 to 91.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 105 more receiving yards than Jerry Jeudy, 707 to 602.

This season Jerry Jeudy holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 48 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

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