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

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Braelon Allen at 16.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 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 Kyle Monangai at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 220 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, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Monangai scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 4.8 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 that year and Kyle Monangai RB30.

Kyle Monangai had 151 more carries than Braelon Allen, 169 to 18.

Kyle Monangai had 16 more catches than Braelon Allen, 18 to 2.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 41 percent.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger share of the carries, 39 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Braelon Allen.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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.