Terrance Ferguson or Braelon Allen: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terrance Ferguson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Braelon Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Terrance Ferguson at 5.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 166th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The books have Braelon Allen at 5.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 books. 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 1

Through Week 1, Terrance Ferguson has been on the field for 51 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 24.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 40 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 28 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he carried 10 times for 40 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Terrance Ferguson played 14 games and scored 52.1 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE52.

He caught 11 of 25 targets for 231 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 1.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 21.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 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 0.5 catches a game.

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

Terrance Ferguson was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Braelon Allen scored 3.8 PPR points a game and Terrance Ferguson 3.7, 0.1 a game between them.

Terrance Ferguson finished TE52 and Braelon Allen RB100, which are two different ladders.

Terrance Ferguson is a tight end 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

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

What would change the answer

Braelon Allen is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.