Brenton Strange vs Brock Bowers: Who Should You Start?
If you are choosing between Brenton Strange and Brock Bowers for your lineup, you are not alone. Brenton Strange finished the 2025 season at 7.9 PPG for the Jacksonville Jaguars (12 games), and Brock Bowers averaged 12.0 for the Las Vegas Raiders (12 games).
That 4.1-point weekly advantage for Brock Bowers is meaningful but not automatic. Fantasy football is a week-to-week sport, and the answer to "who should I start" often changes based on opponent, recent form, and game environment. Season averages set the baseline; weekly context makes the call.
Brock Bowers is the volume tight end in this matchup with 64 receptions for 680 yards, while Brenton Strange profiles as a more touchdown-dependent spike play (3 scores on 46 catches). In weeks where Brenton Strange finds the end zone he out-scores Brock Bowers, but the floor gap is real.
Brenton Strange has his bye in Week 12, and Brock Bowers rests in Week 10. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at tight end for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
