J.K. Dobbins or Braelon Allen: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Braelon Allen at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 11.3 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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.

No season market is posted for Braelon Allen, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 42 percent of DEN snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 6 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 17 times for 49 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 11 times for 40 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 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.

J.K. Dobbins was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 7.8 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 that year and Braelon Allen RB100.

J.K. Dobbins had 135 more carries than Braelon Allen, 153 to 18.

J.K. Dobbins had 9 more catches than Braelon Allen, 11 to 2.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 42 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 56 percent against 45 percent.

Byes and availability

J.K. Dobbins is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Braelon Allen.