Garrett Wilson or Braelon Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Garrett Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Braelon Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Garrett Wilson at 16.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 31st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Braelon Allen at 15.9 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 87 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against GB he caught 5 of 7 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DET he caught 10 of 13 targets for 107 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 48 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 34 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against GB he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DET he carried 4 times for 14 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 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 0.5 catches a game.

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

Garrett Wilson was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 10.4 a game between them.

Garrett Wilson finished WR62 and Braelon Allen RB100, which are two different ladders.

Garrett Wilson is a wide receiver and Braelon Allen a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Garrett Wilson is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Braelon Allen.

What would change the answer

Braelon Allen is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.