Matthew Stafford or Braelon Allen: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Stafford: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Braelon Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Matthew Stafford is 23.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Braelon Allen's market-based projection is 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 183 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 224 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 224 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 3 against DEN he completed 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he completed 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.

In Week 5 against BUF he completed 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 5, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 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.

Matthew Stafford was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 17.3 a game between them.

Matthew Stafford finished QB3 and Braelon Allen RB100, which are two different ladders.

Matthew Stafford is a quarterback 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

Matthew Stafford is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Braelon Allen.

What would change the answer

Matthew Stafford is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.