Terry McLaurin or Davis Allen: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davis Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Terry McLaurin is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Davis Allen's market-based projection is 2.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 147th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 73 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 4 of 4 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Davis Allen has been on the field for 44 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Davis Allen played 17 games and scored 62.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE44.

He caught 24 of 33 targets for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 1.9 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 8.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Davis Allen was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Davis Allen 3.7, 7.7 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 and Davis Allen TE44, which are two different ladders.

Terry McLaurin is a wide receiver and Davis Allen a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Davis Allen.

What would change the answer

Terry McLaurin is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.