Brian Thomas Jr. or Dontayvion Wicks: 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 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Dontayvion Wicks at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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

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, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 81 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 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 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

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

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 4.5 a game between them.

Brian Thomas Jr. finished WR42 that year and Dontayvion Wicks WR83.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 45 more targets than Dontayvion Wicks, 91 to 46.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 375 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 707 to 332.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 47 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Thomas Jr. is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Dontayvion Wicks.

What would change the answer

Dontayvion Wicks has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.