Brian Thomas Jr. or Najee Harris: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Najee Harris: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 146th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

The market has Najee Harris at 5.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Najee Harris's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Najee Harris has been on the field for 18 percent of NYG snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against LAR he carried 4 times for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 9 times for 52 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 9 times for 30 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 6.5 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.

In 2025 Najee Harris played 3 games and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.

He carried 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brian Thomas Jr. was available for 11 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Najee Harris 3.9, 6.0 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 and Najee Harris RB105, which are two different ladders.

Brian Thomas Jr. is a wide receiver and Najee Harris a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Brian Thomas Jr. is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Najee Harris.

What would change the answer

Najee Harris is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.