Aaron Jones Sr. or Braelon Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 16.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The player markets price Braelon Allen at 14.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Braelon Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 69 percent of MIN snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CHI he carried 23 times for 105 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he carried 17 times for 58 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 20 times for 94 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 48 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 34 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against GB he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DET he carried 4 times for 14 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CHI he carried 14 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Braelon Allen played 4 games and scored 15.3 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB100.

He carried 18 times for 76 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 more yards.

That came to 4.5 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Aaron Jones Sr. was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 6.1 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 that year and Braelon Allen RB100.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 114 more carries than Braelon Allen, 132 to 18.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 26 more catches than Braelon Allen, 28 to 2.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 48 percent.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 65 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Braelon Allen.

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.