Start D'Andre Swift or Braelon Allen? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start D'Andre Swift over Braelon Allen in Week 6.

Market-based projections have D'Andre Swift at 16.0 points and Braelon Allen at 13.8, a gap of 2.2. Drafters take D'Andre Swift at ADP 41 and Braelon Allen at 180.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for D'Andre Swift, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for D'Andre Swift is 66 rushing yards, 16 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.9 touchdowns (13, 13, 14 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.8 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 0-1 touchdowns (12, 12, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts D'Andre Swift 2.2 points ahead of Braelon Allen on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

D'Andre Swift and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 19.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 74 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against ATL and caught passes for 27 more yards.

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.

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

Injury status

D'Andre Swift is not on the injury report.

Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, D'Andre Swift played 56 percent of CHI snaps, took 44 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

D'Andre Swift, Week 5 against GB: 40 of 69 snaps, 9 carries for 43 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 6 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over D'Andre Swift.
• Start D'Andre Swift over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Braelon Allen over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Braelon Allen.