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Should I start Brian Thomas Jr. or Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 6:26 PM ET.

Start Michael Pittman Jr.: 78 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Brian Thomas Jr.'s 44 percent of the snaps and 7 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Brian Thomas Jr.

WR · JAX · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
4.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
247

Michael Pittman Jr.

WR · PIT · bye 9

2025 vs rec yds line 5-12

Overall rank
252

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Thomas Jr., and the board ranks him 247th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 252nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Michael Pittman Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

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 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 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.

The season feed carries no line for Michael Pittman Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 43 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 11 percent each.

Byes and availability

Brian Thomas Jr. is off in Week 7 and Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.

Both players in full

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