A.J. Brown or Keenan Allen: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start A.J. Brown over Keenan Allen in Week 6.

Market-based projections have A.J. Brown at 11.8 points and Keenan Allen at 11.2, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take A.J. Brown at ADP 17 and Keenan Allen at 142.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.8 fantasy points for A.J. Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for A.J. Brown is 52 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (12, 10 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.2 fantasy points for Keenan Allen, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Keenan Allen is 46 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts A.J. Brown 0.7 points ahead of Keenan Allen on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

A.J. Brown and NE host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 28.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 129 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

Keenan Allen and IND host TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 174 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Keenan Allen has the softer matchup.

Injury status

A.J. Brown is not on the injury report.

Keenan Allen is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 1, A.J. Brown played 44 percent of NE snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

A.J. Brown, Week 1 against SEA: 31 of 71 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Through Week 5, Keenan Allen played 59 percent of IND snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Keenan Allen, Week 1 against BAL: 36 of 54 snaps, 6 targets and 6 catches for 32 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 2 against KC: 33 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 3 against HOU: 52 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 63 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keenan Allen, Week 5 against PIT: 32 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 45 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, A.J. Brown played 15 games for PHI and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 735 air yards.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

A.J. Brown, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 48 of 54 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 68 yards, 11.8 PPR points.

A.J. Brown, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 61 of 70 snaps, 12 targets and 9 catches for 95 yards, 18.5 PPR points.

In 2025, Keenan Allen played 17 games for LAC 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 and 546 air yards.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

A.J. Brown scored 5.7 PPR points and Keenan Allen scored 16.2.

The call was wrong: Keenan Allen outscored A.J. Brown by 10.5.

A.J. Brown finished 6.1 points below the 11.8 the market projected.

A.J. Brown, Week 6 against NYJ: 10 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 5.7 PPR points.

A.J. Brown finished as the week's WR52 in PPR scoring.

Keenan Allen finished 5.0 points above the 11.2 the market projected.

Keenan Allen, Week 6 against TEN: 11 targets and 8 catches for 82 yards, 16.2 PPR points.

Keenan Allen finished as the week's WR15 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Carnell Tate.
• Start A.J. Brown over Denzel Boston.
• Start A.J. Brown over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Keenan Allen over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Keenan Allen.
• Start Keenan Allen over Chris Godwin Jr..