Should I start Jeremy McNichols or Braelon Allen in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremy McNichols, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jeremy McNichols is 6.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 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 5.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Jeremy McNichols has been on the field for 18 percent of WAS snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 5 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 53 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against MIA he carried 17 times for 104 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jeremy McNichols played 17 games and scored 72.7 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB58.

He carried 44 times for 221 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 25 of 31 targets for 196 more yards.

That came to 2.6 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 33 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.

Jeremy McNichols was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jeremy McNichols scored 4.3 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 0.5 a game between them.

Jeremy McNichols finished RB58 that year and Braelon Allen RB100.

Jeremy McNichols had 26 more carries than Braelon Allen, 44 to 18.

Jeremy McNichols had 23 more catches than Braelon Allen, 25 to 2.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 18 percent.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger share of the carries, 53 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

Braelon Allen is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Jeremy McNichols.

Braelon Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.