Start Marvin Harrison Jr. or Brian Thomas Jr.? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Marvin Harrison Jr.
- Market projects
- 6.4
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 7.6
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs WR
- 44.0
- 2nd most to WRs (2026)
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Our Week 5 call
Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Marvin Harrison Jr. in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Brian Thomas Jr. at 6.4 points and Marvin Harrison Jr. at 7.6, a gap of 1.2. 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 7.6 fantasy points for Marvin Harrison Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Marvin Harrison Jr. at 35.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (8, 7 and 9 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.4 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 (13, 13 and 14 market sources).
That puts Marvin Harrison Jr. 1.2 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on the market projections.
Week 5 matchups
Marvin Harrison Jr. and ARI host DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
DET allowed 44.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 207 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against DET.
Injury status
Marvin Harrison Jr. is not on the injury report.
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Marvin Harrison Jr. played 12 games for ARI and scored 127.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR49.
He caught 41 of 73 targets for 608 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 489 air yards.
He was on the field for 72 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Marvin Harrison Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against CIN: 19 of 57 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Marvin Harrison Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against ATL: 29 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards, 2.4 PPR points.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR41 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 102
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
Ranked behind
WR48 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 125
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
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 board23
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 10 and tier 11
- Board size219 draftable players
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