Buffalo Defense or Jonathon Brooks: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 9, 2026 at 12:01 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market prices neither of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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DEF5 · BUF · bye 7
- Overall rank
- 252
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 1
RB66 · CAR · on bye this week
- Overall rank
- 254
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 17
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
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Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
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Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Buffalo Defense: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 252nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathon Brooks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 254th overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for Buffalo Defense, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Jonathon Brooks, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 2
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Buffalo Defense this season.
Through Week 2, Jonathon Brooks has been on the field for 25 percent of CAR snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.
His 3 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.
In Week 1 against CHI he carried 4 times for 14 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 48 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against ATL he carried 5 times for 16 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -5 yards and did not score.
Their last full seasons
The season feed carries no line for Buffalo Defense in the last completed season.
The season feed carries no line for Jonathon Brooks in the last completed season.
Side by side
Buffalo Defense is a defense and Jonathon Brooks a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Buffalo Defense is off in Week 7 and Jonathon Brooks in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.
Jonathon Brooks is listed as ir on the injury report.
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