Kalif Raymond or Brian Thomas Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kalif Raymond at 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 111th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 127th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 5 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kalif Raymond played 15 games and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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.

Kalif Raymond was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 5.5 a game between them.

Kalif Raymond finished WR94 that year and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 61 more targets than Kalif Raymond, 91 to 30.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 418 more receiving yards than Kalif Raymond, 707 to 289.

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 47 percent.

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Thomas Jr. is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Kalif Raymond.

What would change the answer

1.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.