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

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jordan Love at 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 books. That is the 49th 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 112th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Love: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 58.

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, Jordan Love has been on the field for 100 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 78 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 19 of 78 dropbacks.

In Week 1 against MIN he completed 21 of 42 passes for 387 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

In Week 2 against NYJ he completed 16 of 29 passes for 145 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

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 Love played 15 games and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.

He threw for 3381 yards on 439 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.3 attempts a game at 7.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 94 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.

Jordan Love was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jordan Love scored 16.1 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 6.2 a game between them.

Jordan Love finished QB15 and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Love 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

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

What would change the answer

5.9 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.