Braelon Allen or Terry McLaurin: 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 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Braelon Allen at 14.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Terry McLaurin's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Terry McLaurin was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 7.6 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 and Terry McLaurin WR56, which are two different ladders.

Braelon Allen is a running back and Terry McLaurin a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Braelon Allen.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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