Should I start Kendre Miller or Braelon Allen in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendre Miller, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kendre Miller is 11.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 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 Braelon Allen is 4.2 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.

Kendre Miller's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kendre Miller has been on the field for 26 percent of NO snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 6 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 10 times for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 20 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 49 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against CHI he carried 14 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he carried 24 times for 116 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NE he carried 17 times for 78 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendre Miller played 7 games and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He carried 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 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.

Kendre Miller was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kendre Miller scored 4.8 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 0.9 a game between them.

Kendre Miller finished RB79 that year and Braelon Allen RB100.

Kendre Miller had 29 more carries than Braelon Allen, 47 to 18.

Kendre Miller had 3 more catches than Braelon Allen, 5 to 2.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 26 percent.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger share of the carries, 49 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

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