Start Chase Brown or Braelon Allen? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Chase Brown over Braelon Allen in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Chase Brown at 16.2 points and Braelon Allen at 15.4, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Braelon Allen this week yet, so his 15.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (13.8, 15.7 and 16.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Chase Brown at ADP 16 and Braelon Allen at 180.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.2 fantasy points for Chase Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Chase Brown is 55 rushing yards, 20 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.9 touchdowns (7, 7, 7 and 7 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Braelon Allen yet. His market-based projections were 13.8, 15.7 and 16.8 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 15.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Chase Brown 0.8 points ahead of Braelon Allen on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Chase Brown and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 24.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and a touchdown a game against ATL and caught passes for 39 more yards.

Braelon Allen and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 37 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Chase Brown has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chase Brown is not on the injury report.

Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Chase Brown played 71 percent of CIN snaps, took 63 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Chase Brown, Week 4 against JAX: 60 of 76 snaps, 9 carries for 10 yards, 11 targets and 11 catches for 71 yards.

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: 12 carries for 55 yards, 9 targets and 8 catches for 46 yards.

Through Week 8, Braelon Allen played 64 percent of NYJ snaps, took 56 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

Braelon Allen, Week 5 against CLE: 60 of 70 snaps, 24 carries for 116 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

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: 21 carries for 147 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Chase Brown.
• Start Chase Brown over Bucky Irving.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bucky Irving over Braelon Allen.