George Kittle or Braelon Allen: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

George Kittle's market-based projection is 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 41st highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

Braelon Allen's market-based projection is 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Braelon Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, George Kittle has been on the field for 73 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 70 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 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.

George Kittle was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 10.9 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 and Braelon Allen RB100, which are two different ladders.

George Kittle is a tight end and Braelon Allen a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.