Should I start Keenan Allen or Braelon Allen in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keenan Allen is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Keenan 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, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 59 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 14 of its 39 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 7 of 7 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 4 of 8 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 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.

Keenan Allen was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 6.9 a game between them.

Keenan Allen finished WR29 and Braelon Allen RB100, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

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