Should I start Juwan Johnson or Keenan Allen in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Juwan Johnson, and the board ranks him 112th 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-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 65 percent of NO snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 2 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 5.0 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CLE he caught 2 of 2 targets for 34 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 Juwan Johnson played 17 games and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 12 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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.

Side by side

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Juwan Johnson 10.6, 0.2 a game between them.

Juwan Johnson finished TE8 and Keenan Allen WR29, which are two different ladders.

Juwan Johnson is a tight end 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

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