Start Braelon Allen or Dameon Pierce? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Braelon Allen in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 11.3 points and Braelon Allen at 14.2, a gap of 2.8.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.2 fantasy points for Braelon Allen, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 67 rushing yards, 15 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (12, 13, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.3 fantasy points for Dameon Pierce, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 59 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 11, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Braelon Allen 2.8 points ahead of Dameon Pierce on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

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

NE allowed 21.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 14th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 80 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 40 more yards.

Injury status

Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Braelon Allen played 56 percent of NYJ snaps, took 45 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

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.

Through Week 5, Dameon Pierce played 77 percent of PHI snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 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, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Braelon Allen over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Brian Robinson.