Should I start Braelon Allen or Tony Pollard in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Braelon Allen, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Tony Pollard, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 49 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against CHI he carried 14 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he carried 24 times for 116 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NE he carried 17 times for 78 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 52 percent of TEN snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 1.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 16 times for 48 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against HOU he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he carried 19 times for 76 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Tony Pollard played 17 games and scored 185.8 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing RB23.

He carried 242 times for 1082 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 41 targets for 206 more yards.

That came to 14.2 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 7.1 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 that year and Tony Pollard RB23.

Tony Pollard had 224 more carries than Braelon Allen, 242 to 18.

Tony Pollard had 31 more catches than Braelon Allen, 33 to 2.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 52 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 49 percent.

Byes and availability

Braelon Allen is off in Week 13 and Tony Pollard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.