Should I start Braelon Allen or Tyler Goodson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Goodson, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 5.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Goodson is 4.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 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.

Braelon Allen's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 53 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against MIA he carried 17 times for 104 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 15 percent of DAL snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against TB he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he carried 2 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 10 times for 38 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 Tyler Goodson played 11 games and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He carried 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 more yards.

That came to 0.8 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Goodson was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Braelon Allen scored 3.8 PPR points a game and Tyler Goodson 0.5, 3.4 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 that year and Tyler Goodson RB121.

Braelon Allen had 9 more carries than Tyler Goodson, 18 to 9.

Both had 2 catches.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 15 percent.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger share of the carries, 53 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Braelon Allen is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Tyler Goodson.

Braelon Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.