Should I start Kendrick Bourne or Keenan Allen in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kendrick Bourne is 1.5 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.

The market-based projection for Keenan Allen is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 58 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 62 percent of IND snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 5.0 a game between them.

Kendrick Bourne finished WR68 that year and Keenan Allen WR29.

Keenan Allen had 69 more targets than Kendrick Bourne, 122 to 53.

Keenan Allen had 226 more receiving yards than Kendrick Bourne, 777 to 551.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 58 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Kendrick Bourne is off in Week 14 and Keenan Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.