Should I start Chuba Hubbard or Braelon Allen in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chuba Hubbard, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chuba Hubbard is 4.5 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 Braelon Allen is 3.7 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 80 percent of CAR snaps, taken 72 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 7 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against PHI he carried 28 times for 120 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against TB he carried 7 times for 33 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he carried 22 times for 81 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chuba Hubbard played 15 games and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.

He carried 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 more yards.

That came to 8.9 carries a game at 3.8 yards a carry and 2.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 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 0-1 catches a game.

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

Chuba Hubbard was available for 11 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chuba Hubbard scored 8.4 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 4.5 a game between them.

Chuba Hubbard finished RB38 that year and Braelon Allen RB100.

Chuba Hubbard had 116 more carries than Braelon Allen, 134 to 18.

Chuba Hubbard had 28 more catches than Braelon Allen, 30 to 2.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 64 percent.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger share of the carries, 72 percent against 56 percent.

Byes and availability

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