Should I start Braelon Allen or T.J. Hockenson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 9.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

T.J. Hockenson's market-based projection is 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 72nd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based 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, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 67 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 4 of 5 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against BUF he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 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.

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

T.J. Hockenson was available for 11 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson scored 7.5 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 3.7 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 and T.J. Hockenson TE26, which are two different ladders.

Braelon Allen is a running back and T.J. Hockenson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Braelon Allen is off in Week 13 and T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Braelon Allen has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.