Should I start Brian Thomas Jr. or Kyle Williams in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Thomas Jr., and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Brian Thomas Jr. at 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Brian Thomas Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 43 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 30 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 91 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 7.0 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 70 more targets than Kyle Williams, 91 to 21.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 498 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 707 to 209.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 30 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

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