Should I start Braelon Allen or Juwan Johnson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Juwan Johnson, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

The market-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 9

Through Week 9, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 65 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 9 against KC he carried 8 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 65 percent of NO snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 2 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 5.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CLE he caught 2 of 2 targets for 34 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Juwan Johnson played 17 games and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 12 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Juwan Johnson was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Juwan Johnson scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 6.8 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 and Juwan Johnson TE8, which are two different ladders.

Braelon Allen is a running back and Juwan Johnson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Braelon Allen is off in Week 13 and Juwan Johnson in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.