Jonathan Taylor or Braelon Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathan Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

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 Jonathan Taylor at 19.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

The market has Braelon Allen at 15.9 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 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, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 84 percent of IND snaps, taken 77 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 7 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against KC he carried 24 times for 92 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 40 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 23 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 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.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 17.5 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Braelon Allen RB100.

Jonathan Taylor had 305 more carries than Braelon Allen, 323 to 18.

Jonathan Taylor had 44 more catches than Braelon Allen, 46 to 2.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 48 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 77 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor 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.