Mark Andrews or Keenan Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mark Andrews at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 126th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mark Andrews: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 63 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 6 of 7 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 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 Mark Andrews 7.7, 3.0 a game between them.

Mark Andrews finished TE16 and Keenan Allen WR29, which are two different ladders.

Mark Andrews 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

Keenan Allen is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Mark Andrews.

Keenan Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.7 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.