Should I start Jalen Coker or Braelon Allen in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jalen Coker's market-based projection is 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 13.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 40 percent of what a running back'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, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 67 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 8 of 9 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 13 targets for 97 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 61 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Jalen Coker was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jalen Coker scored 8.2 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 4.4 a game between them.

Jalen Coker finished WR69 and Braelon Allen RB100, which are two different ladders.

Jalen Coker 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

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

What would change the answer

Braelon Allen has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.