Should I start Braelon Allen or Jordan Mason in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 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 Jordan Mason is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 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 8

Through Week 8, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 8 against LV he carried 21 times for 147 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 54 percent of MIN snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he carried 8 times for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jordan Mason was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jordan Mason scored 8.1 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 4.2 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 that year and Jordan Mason RB36.

Jordan Mason had 141 more carries than Braelon Allen, 159 to 18.

Jordan Mason had 12 more catches than Braelon Allen, 14 to 2.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 54 percent.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger share of the carries, 56 percent against 51 percent.

Byes and availability

Braelon Allen is off in Week 13 and Jordan Mason in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.