Should I start Tyler Warren or Keenan Allen in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Warren, 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 Tyler Warren is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. 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 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 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 Tyler Warren scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Keenan Allen 10.7, 0.3 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 and Keenan Allen WR29, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Warren 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

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Tyler Warren is listed as out on the injury report.