Should I start Braelon Allen or DeMario Douglas in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 DeMario Douglas is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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 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, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 57 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 102 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 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeMario Douglas was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 DeMario Douglas scored 5.6 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 1.8 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 and DeMario Douglas WR65, which are two different ladders.

Braelon Allen is a running back and DeMario Douglas 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 DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.