Romeo Doubs or Keenan Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Romeo Doubs at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 125th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Romeo Doubs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Romeo Doubs has been on the field for 65 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 3 of 4 targets for 96 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 6 of 9 targets for 58 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Romeo Doubs played 16 games and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 5.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 13.2 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.

Keenan Allen was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Romeo Doubs 10.3, 0.4 a game between them.

Romeo Doubs finished WR37 that year and Keenan Allen WR29.

Keenan Allen had 37 more targets than Romeo Doubs, 122 to 85.

Keenan Allen had 53 more receiving yards than Romeo Doubs, 777 to 724.

This season Romeo Doubs holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 64 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Romeo Doubs is off in Week 11 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

4.7 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.