Emeka Egbuka or Keenan Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Emeka Egbuka at 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 112th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 117th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emeka Egbuka: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 84 percent of TB snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 1 time for -3 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 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 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Keenan Allen 10.7, 0.8 a game between them.

Emeka Egbuka finished WR23 that year and Keenan Allen WR29.

Emeka Egbuka had 5 more targets than Keenan Allen, 127 to 122.

Emeka Egbuka had 161 more receiving yards than Keenan Allen, 938 to 777.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 64 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Emeka Egbuka is off in Week 10 and Keenan Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Keenan Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.