Start Dyami Brown or Brian Thomas Jr.? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Dyami Brown in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.7 points and Dyami Brown at 3.6, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (5.1 and 4.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 5.1 and 4.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brian Thomas Jr. is 0.2 touchdowns (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.6 fantasy points for Dyami Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dyami Brown is 13 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (7, 6 and 8 market sources).

That puts Brian Thomas Jr. 1.2 points ahead of Dyami Brown on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Brian Thomas Jr. and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

Dyami Brown and WAS host PHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PHI allowed 40.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 184 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.

By points allowed to the position, Dyami Brown has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.

Dyami Brown is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Dyami Brown played 47 percent of WAS snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Dyami Brown, Week 3 against SEA: 21 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 4 against IND: 36 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 65 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 5 against NYG: 23 of 62 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 6 against SF: 33 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games for JAX 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 and 548 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 5 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards, 7.9 PPR points.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against IND: 54 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 39 yards, 7.9 PPR points.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against DEN: 51 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 3.8 PPR points.

In 2025, Dyami Brown played 14 games for JAX and scored 49.7 PPR points, 3.6 a game, finishing WR110.

He caught 20 of 37 targets for 227 yards and 1 touchdown, with 9 red zone targets and 196 air yards.

He was on the field for 36 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Cody White over Dyami Brown.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Dyami Brown.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Dyami Brown.