Should I start Keenan Allen or Terry McLaurin in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Terry McLaurin, and the board ranks him 251st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keenan Allen is 1.7 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.

No season market is posted for Terry McLaurin, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 60 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 61 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 4 of 4 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 1 of 1 target for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keenan Allen was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Keenan Allen 10.7, 0.7 a game between them.

Keenan Allen finished WR29 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Keenan Allen had 62 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 122 to 60.

Keenan Allen had 195 more receiving yards than Terry McLaurin, 777 to 582.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 60 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Keenan Allen is off in Week 13 and Terry McLaurin in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Terry McLaurin is listed as out on the injury report.