Should I start Braelon Allen or CeeDee Lamb in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 CeeDee Lamb is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 6

Through Week 6, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 49 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

In Week 5 against CLE he carried 24 times for 116 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NE he carried 17 times for 78 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 77 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 3 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 69 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 1 time for -6 yards, caught 17 of 21 targets for 189 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 9 of 18 targets for 70 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 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

CeeDee Lamb was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 10.5 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 and CeeDee Lamb WR22, which are two different ladders.

Braelon Allen is a running back and CeeDee Lamb a wide receiver, 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 CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.