Start Braelon Allen or D'Andre Swift? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Braelon Allen over D'Andre Swift
- Market projects
- 15.9
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 48%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 13.4
- fantasy pts
- GB D vs RB
- 28.9
- 2nd most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 56%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Braelon Allen over D'Andre Swift in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Braelon Allen at 15.9 points and D'Andre Swift at 13.4, a gap of 2.5. Braelon Allen's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 15.9 fantasy points for Braelon Allen, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has Braelon Allen at 71.5 rushing yards, with a 49% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 15 market sources).
Player markets imply 13.4 fantasy points for D'Andre Swift, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has D'Andre Swift at 60.5 rushing yards, 13.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14, 12 and 14 market sources).
That puts Braelon Allen 2.5 points ahead of D'Andre Swift on the market projections.
Week 5 matchups
D'Andre Swift and CHI visit GB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
GB allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Running backs ran for 114 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against GB and caught passes for 28 more yards.
Injury status
Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.
D'Andre Swift is listed as questionable with a hip injury.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Braelon Allen played 48 percent of NYJ snaps, took 34 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 33 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.
Braelon Allen, Week 4 against CHI: 30 of 32 snaps, 14 carries for 59 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards.
Through Week 4, D'Andre Swift played 56 percent of CHI snaps, took 45 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.
D'Andre Swift, Week 1 against CAR: 43 of 75 snaps, 18 carries for 124 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards, 3 touchdowns.
D'Andre Swift, Week 2 against MIN: 50 of 74 snaps, 16 carries for 45 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 54 yards.
D'Andre Swift, Week 3 against PHI: 50 of 72 snaps, 20 carries for 84 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 4 yards.
D'Andre Swift, Week 4 against NYJ: 33 of 93 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 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, D'Andre Swift played 16 games for CHI and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.
He ran 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 yards.
He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB12 · NYJ · bye unlisted
2026 vs carries line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 23
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB15 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs carries line 4-0
- Overall rank
- 36
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board13
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 5
- Board size222 draftable players
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