Brian Thomas Jr. or John Metchie: 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 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry John Metchie at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

Brian Thomas Jr.'s market-based projection is 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season so far

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 4, John Metchie has been on the field for 36 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 5 targets for 37 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 John Metchie played 16 games and scored 71.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR87.

He caught 33 of 48 targets for 274 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 43 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

John Metchie was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and John Metchie 4.5, 5.4 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 that year and John Metchie WR87.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 43 more targets than John Metchie, 91 to 48.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 433 more receiving yards than John Metchie, 707 to 274.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 36 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Thomas Jr. is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for John Metchie.

What would change the answer

John Metchie has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.