Start Braelon Allen or Bhayshul Tuten? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Bhayshul Tuten over Braelon Allen in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Bhayshul Tuten at 11.9 points and Braelon Allen at 11.8, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.9 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Bhayshul Tuten at 55.5 rushing yards, 10.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 46% chance to score a touchdown (17, 15, 16 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.8 fantasy points for Braelon Allen, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Braelon Allen at 56.5 rushing yards, 11.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16, 16 and 17 market sources).

That puts Bhayshul Tuten 0.1 points ahead of Braelon Allen on the market projections.

Injury status

Bhayshul Tuten was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Braelon Allen was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Bhayshul Tuten played 49 percent of JAX snaps, took 52 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 1 against CLE: 28 of 57 snaps, 15 carries for 66 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 2 against DEN: 30 of 59 snaps, 13 carries for 65 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for -3 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 3 against NE: 30 of 62 snaps, 15 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 3, Braelon Allen played 41 percent of NYJ snaps, took 23 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

Braelon Allen, Week 1 against TEN: 27 of 67 snaps, 10 carries for 40 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Braelon Allen, Week 2 against GB: 23 of 74 snaps, 5 carries for 7 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1 touchdown.

Braelon Allen, Week 3 against DET: 34 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games for JAX and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He ran 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Braelon Allen played 4 games for NYJ and scored 15.3 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB100.

He ran 18 times for 76 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 4 went

Bhayshul Tuten scored 11.1 PPR points and Braelon Allen scored 8.7.

The call was right: Bhayshul Tuten outscored Braelon Allen by 2.4.

Bhayshul Tuten finished 0.8 points below the 11.9 the market projected.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 4 against CIN: 36 of 61 snaps, 17 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 11.1 PPR points.

Bhayshul Tuten finished as the week's RB28 in PPR scoring.

Braelon Allen finished 3.1 points below the 11.8 the market projected.

Braelon Allen, Week 4 against CHI: 30 of 32 snaps, 14 carries for 59 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards, 8.7 PPR points.

Braelon Allen finished as the week's RB33 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 4 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Braelon Allen.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bucky Irving over Braelon Allen.