Braelon Allen or Quinshon Judkins: 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 Quinshon Judkins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Braelon Allen at 15.9 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 15 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 market has Quinshon Judkins at 13.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 15 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.

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, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 62 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TB he carried 12 times for 21 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 11 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 7.5 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 that year and Quinshon Judkins RB26.

Quinshon Judkins had 212 more carries than Braelon Allen, 230 to 18.

Quinshon Judkins had 24 more catches than Braelon Allen, 26 to 2.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 48 percent.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger share of the carries, 61 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Quinshon Judkins is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Braelon Allen.