Start Brian Thomas Jr. or Justin Jefferson? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Justin Jefferson over Brian Thomas Jr.
- Snap share
- 74%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 25%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 4.1
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 6 call
Start Justin Jefferson over Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 6.
Brian Thomas Jr. is projected from market data at 4.1 points and Justin Jefferson is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Brian Thomas Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Brian Thomas Jr. at 15.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (12, 12 and 11 market sources).
No player market was posted for Justin Jefferson in Week 6.
Injury status
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Justin Jefferson is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 6
Through Week 5, Justin Jefferson played 74 percent of MIN snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
Justin Jefferson, Week 1 against GB: 60 of 65 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 92 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Justin Jefferson, Week 2 against CHI: 52 of 52 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 55 yards.
Justin Jefferson, Week 3 against TB: 7 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.
Justin Jefferson, Week 5 against NO: 63 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for -11 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 79 yards, 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Justin Jefferson played 17 games for MIN and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.
He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 597 air yards.
He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR25 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 68
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 15
Ranked behind
WR58 · MIN · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 143
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 18
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board75
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 15 and tier 18
- Board size173 draftable players
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