Should I start Mike Evans or Braelon Allen in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mike Evans is 4.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. 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 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Mike Evans has been on the field for 55 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 14.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 66 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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.

Mike Evans was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

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

Mike Evans finished WR76 and Braelon Allen RB100, which are two different ladders.

Mike Evans 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

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

Mike Evans is listed as out on the injury report.