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

Where the draft room has them

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.

Josh Allen goes at ADP 1, an average pick of 24.3, and the board has him QB1 in tier 1.

His earliest recorded pick is 1 and his latest 37, a standard deviation of 9.0 picks.

He appears in 17 recorded drafts across the formats the consensus sample covers.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 2.

What the player markets price

The market has Braelon Allen at 15.9 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 15 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.

The player markets price Josh Allen at 22.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 2nd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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, 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.

Through Week 4, Josh Allen has been on the field for 100 percent of BUF snaps, dropped back 136 times and thrown 9.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 136 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 2 against DET he completed 20 of 31 passes for 248 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 11 times for 72 yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he completed 16 of 26 passes for 204 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 7 times for 23 yards.

In Week 4 against NE he completed 23 of 33 passes for 253 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 4 yards.

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 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Josh Allen played 17 games and scored 374.6 PPR points, 22.0 a game, finishing QB1.

He threw for 3668 yards on 460 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 579 yards and 14 touchdowns.

That came to 27.1 attempts a game at 8.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Allen was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Josh Allen scored 22.0 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 18.2 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 and Josh Allen QB1, which are two different ladders.

Braelon Allen is a running back and Josh Allen a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Josh Allen is off in Week 7. 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.