Cam Skattebo or Keenan Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Cam Skattebo at 12.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 66th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 114th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Skattebo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 65 percent of NYG snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he carried 12 times for 36 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 18 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 6 of 6 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 5 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keenan Allen was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Keenan Allen 10.7, 5.2 a game between them.

Cam Skattebo finished RB37 and Keenan Allen WR29, which are two different ladders.

Cam Skattebo is a running back and Keenan Allen a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8 and Keenan Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Keenan Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

5.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.