Brian Thomas Jr.

Thomas Jr. has hit the ground running in his rookie season as the WR20 in fantasy points per game. Over the last two weeks, after Kirk's reintegration into this passing attack, Thomas Jr. has had a 22.8% target share, a 28% air-yard share, 2.06 YPRR, and a 27.2% first-read share. Indy has the 12th-highest single-high rate (56.2%). Over the last two weeks against single-high, Thomas Jr. has led the team with a 28.6% target share, a 32.8% air-yard share, 3.18 YPRR, and ranked second with a 30.3% first-read share. Thomas Jr. will run about 78% of his routes against Jaylon Jones (64% catch rate and 60.6 passer rating) and Samuel Womack lll (66.7% catch rate and 122.2 passer rating). Indy has allowed the tenth-highest PPR points per target and the sixth-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers.

Brian Thomas Jr. caught 6-of-9 targets for 86 yards and a touchdown in the Jaguars' 24-20 loss to the Texans.

Fantasy Impact

Thomas also added 13 rushing yards on one attempt. The rookie wide receiver opened the scoring in the first quarter on a two-yard touchdown pass. Despite the struggles on offense to start the season, Thomas should remain a starter for fantasy managers heading into Week 5.