Should I start Brian Thomas Jr. or Tez Johnson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Thomas Jr., and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Tez Johnson at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

The market has Brian Thomas Jr. at 1.7 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.

No season market is posted for Tez Johnson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Tez Johnson has been on the field for 38 percent of TB snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 19.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against DAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CAR he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 33 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Tez Johnson played 16 games and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tez Johnson was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Tez Johnson 5.8, 4.1 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 that year and Tez Johnson WR67.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 47 more targets than Tez Johnson, 91 to 44.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 385 more receiving yards than Tez Johnson, 707 to 322.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 38 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Thomas Jr. is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Tez Johnson.