Start Brian Thomas Jr. or Kendrick Bourne? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Kendrick Bourne
- Market projects
- 6.5
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 6.0
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 61%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Kendrick Bourne in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Brian Thomas Jr. at 6.5 points and Kendrick Bourne at 6.0, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Brian Thomas Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Brian Thomas Jr. at 24.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Kendrick Bourne, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Kendrick Bourne at 23.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (15, 13 and 14 market sources).
That puts Brian Thomas Jr. 0.4 points ahead of Kendrick Bourne on the market projections.
Injury status
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Kendrick Bourne played 61 percent of ARI snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 1 against LAC: 50 of 75 snaps, 8 targets and 8 catches for 75 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 2 against SEA: 30 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 3 against SF: 48 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.
He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR48 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 130
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 18
Ranked behind
WR51 · ARI · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Overall rank
- 135
- 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 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board5
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 18
- Board size222 draftable players
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