Brian Thomas Jr. or Raheim Sanders: 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 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Raheim Sanders: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 149th 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 14 market sources. That is the 148th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The market has Raheim Sanders at 6.0 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Raheim Sanders'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, Raheim Sanders has been on the field for 33 percent of CLE snaps, taken 6 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TB he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 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 Raheim Sanders played 4 games and scored 20.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing RB95.

He carried 27 times for 92 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 21 more yards.

That came to 6.8 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 12 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brian Thomas Jr. was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Raheim Sanders 5.1, 4.8 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 and Raheim Sanders RB95, which are two different ladders.

Brian Thomas Jr. is a wide receiver and Raheim Sanders 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 Raheim Sanders.

What would change the answer

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