Should I start Jakobi Meyers or Tyquan Thornton in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 268th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyquan Thornton, and the board ranks him 274th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Tyquan Thornton, 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 so far

Through Week 6, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 80 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Tyquan Thornton has been on the field for 60 percent of KC snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 18.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 4 targets for 86 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 5 of 8 targets for 111 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tyquan Thornton played 14 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR81.

He caught 19 of 37 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 23.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jakobi Meyers was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers scored 11.0 PPR points a game and Tyquan Thornton 5.8, 5.2 a game between them.

Jakobi Meyers finished WR32 that year and Tyquan Thornton WR81.

Jakobi Meyers had 73 more targets than Tyquan Thornton, 110 to 37.

Jakobi Meyers had 397 more receiving yards than Tyquan Thornton, 835 to 438.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 60 percent.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Jakobi Meyers is off in Week 7 and Tyquan Thornton in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyquan Thornton is listed as ir on the injury report.