Should I start Braelon Allen or Bryce Young in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a 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, Bryce Young has been on the field for 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 339 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 55 of 339 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 7 against TB he completed 14 of 27 passes for 163 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 9 yards.

In Week 8 against GB he completed 23 of 40 passes for 209 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 9 against DEN he completed 28 of 39 passes for 276 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 13 yards.

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 Bryce Young played 16 games and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.

He threw for 3011 yards on 478 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bryce Young was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 10.5 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 and Bryce Young QB19, which are two different ladders.

Braelon Allen is a running back and Bryce Young a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Braelon Allen is off in Week 13 and Bryce Young in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.