Start Chase Brown or Braelon Allen? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Chase Brown over Braelon Allen in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Chase Brown at 15.6 points and Braelon Allen at 13.4, a gap of 2.2. No player market is posted for Braelon Allen this week yet, so his 13.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (15.7, 16.8 and 7.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Chase Brown at ADP 16 and Braelon Allen at 180.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Braelon Allen yet. His market-based projections were 15.7, 16.8 and 7.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 13.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 0.4 touchdowns (6 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.6 fantasy points for Chase Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Chase Brown is 44 rushing yards, 26 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (10, 10, 8 and 11 market sources).

That puts Chase Brown 2.2 points ahead of Braelon Allen on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Braelon Allen and NYJ host BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 26.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 81 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 44 more yards.

Chase Brown and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 20.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 70 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 47 more yards.

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

Injury status

Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.

Chase Brown is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Braelon Allen played 65 percent of NYJ snaps, took 54 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Braelon Allen, Week 6 against NE: 54 of 62 snaps, 17 carries for 78 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.

Braelon Allen, Week 7 against MIA: 46 of 59 snaps, 17 carries for 104 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 30 yards.

Braelon Allen, Week 8 against LV: 53 of 64 snaps, 21 carries for 147 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Braelon Allen, Week 9 against KC: 37 of 63 snaps, 8 carries for 33 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Through Week 9, Chase Brown played 70 percent of CIN snaps, took 60 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

Chase Brown, Week 5 against MIA: 39 of 65 snaps, 13 carries for 39 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 7 against BAL: 40 of 53 snaps, 11 carries for 39 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 19 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 8 against TEN: 51 of 74 snaps, 12 carries for 55 yards, 9 targets and 8 catches for 46 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 9 against ATL: 36 of 57 snaps, 9 carries for 57 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Chase Brown played 17 games for CIN and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.

He ran 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Braelon Allen over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Braelon Allen.
• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Chase Brown over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Chase Brown.