Jonathon Brooks or Jalen McMillan: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jonathon Brooks at 5.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 162nd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Jalen McMillan at 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 164th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathon Brooks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 108.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 164.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jonathon Brooks has been on the field for 19 percent of CAR snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 15.0 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.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Jalen McMillan this season.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Jonathon Brooks in the last completed season.

In 2025 Jalen McMillan played 4 games and scored 29.9 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing WR137.

He caught 12 of 15 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Jonathon Brooks is a running back and Jalen McMillan a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jonathon Brooks is off in Week 5 and Jalen McMillan in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jalen McMillan is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.