Should I start Quentin Johnston or Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 182nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Thomas Jr., and the board ranks him 185th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Quentin Johnston is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. 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 has Brian Thomas Jr. at 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Quentin Johnston's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against HOU he carried 1 time for 5 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 43 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 19.0 air yards.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against BAL he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 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 6-7 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.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 2.3 a game between them.

Quentin Johnston finished WR34 that year and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 6 more targets than Quentin Johnston, 91 to 85.

Quentin Johnston had 28 more receiving yards than Brian Thomas Jr., 735 to 707.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 43 percent.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.