Should I start Keenan Allen or Devontez Walker in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devontez Walker, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keenan Allen is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

Devontez Walker's market-based projection is 1.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 173rd highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Keenan 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, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 60 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 5 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

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

Through Week 7, Devontez Walker has been on the field for 47 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 23.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Devontez Walker played 12 games and scored 37.6 PPR points, 3.1 a game, finishing WR124.

He caught 6 of 8 targets for 136 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.7 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 22.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 20 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keenan Allen was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Devontez Walker 3.1, 7.6 a game between them.

Keenan Allen finished WR29 that year and Devontez Walker WR124.

Keenan Allen had 114 more targets than Devontez Walker, 122 to 8.

Keenan Allen had 641 more receiving yards than Devontez Walker, 777 to 136.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 47 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Keenan Allen is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Devontez Walker.

What would change the answer

Keenan Allen has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.