Should I start Braelon Allen or Austin Ekeler in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Austin Ekeler, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 9.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Austin Ekeler's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 114th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

Braelon Allen's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 65 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against MIA he carried 17 times for 104 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he carried 21 times for 147 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against KC he carried 8 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Austin Ekeler has been on the field for 25 percent of WAS snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he carried 8 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAR he carried 8 times for 16 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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 0-1 catches a game.

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

In 2025 Austin Ekeler played 2 games and scored 13.1 PPR points, 6.6 a game, finishing RB103.

He carried 14 times for 43 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 7 targets for 38 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 3.1 yards a carry and 2-3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Braelon Allen was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Austin Ekeler scored 6.6 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 2.7 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 that year and Austin Ekeler RB103.

Braelon Allen had 4 more carries than Austin Ekeler, 18 to 14.

Austin Ekeler had 3 more catches than Braelon Allen, 5 to 2.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 25 percent.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger share of the carries, 54 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Braelon Allen is off in Week 13 and Austin Ekeler in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Braelon Allen has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.