Jordan Addison or Brian Thomas Jr.: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jordan Addison at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 110th highest figure of the 186 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 111th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Addison: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 102.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 92.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 85 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

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 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Jordan Addison 9.7, 0.3 a game between them.

Jordan Addison finished WR45 that year and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 12 more targets than Jordan Addison, 91 to 79.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 97 more receiving yards than Jordan Addison, 707 to 610.

This season Jordan Addison holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 45 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Jordan Addison 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

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.