Should I start Braelon Allen or Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 2.4 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.

Braelon 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, 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.

Through Week 9, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 23 percent of GB snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CAR he carried 1 time for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NE he carried 8 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

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 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 23 percent.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger share of the carries, 54 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Braelon Allen is off in Week 13 and Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.