Should I start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Keenan Allen in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Rodriguez Jr., and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Keenan Allen is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chris Rodriguez Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has been on the field for 34 percent of JAX snaps, taken 26 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 6 times for 41 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against BAL he carried 10 times for 19 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 59 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 14 of its 39 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 7 of 7 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 4 of 8 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.

He carried 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 8.6 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 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 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Chris Rodriguez Jr. 7.1, 3.7 a game between them.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. finished RB51 and Keenan Allen WR29, which are two different ladders.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. 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

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is off in Week 7 and Keenan Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.