Start Braelon Allen or Emanuel Wilson? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Braelon Allen over Emanuel Wilson in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Braelon Allen at 11.8 points and Emanuel Wilson at 10.3, a gap of 1.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.8 fantasy points for Braelon Allen, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Braelon Allen at 56.5 rushing yards, 11.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16, 16 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.3 fantasy points for Emanuel Wilson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Emanuel Wilson at 49.5 rushing yards, 6.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 41% chance to score a touchdown (16, 4, 4 and 18 market sources).

That puts Braelon Allen 1.6 points ahead of Emanuel Wilson on the market projections.

Injury status

Braelon Allen was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Emanuel Wilson was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Braelon Allen played 41 percent of NYJ snaps, took 23 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 29 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.

Through Week 3, Emanuel Wilson played 30 percent of SEA snaps, took 41 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 1 against NE: 3 of 50 snaps, 2 carries for 3 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 2 against ARI: 29 of 70 snaps, 21 carries for 92 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 3 against WAS: 24 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Emanuel Wilson played 17 games for GB and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He ran 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 4 went

Braelon Allen scored 8.7 PPR points and Emanuel Wilson scored 27.0.

The call was wrong: Emanuel Wilson outscored Braelon Allen by 18.3.

Braelon Allen finished 3.1 points below the 11.8 the market projected.

Braelon Allen, Week 4 against CHI: 30 of 32 snaps, 14 carries for 59 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards, 8.7 PPR points.

Braelon Allen finished as the week's RB33 in PPR scoring.

Emanuel Wilson finished 16.8 points above the 10.3 the market projected.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 4 against LAC: 36 of 60 snaps, 21 carries for 81 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards, 2 touchdowns, 27.0 PPR points.

Emanuel Wilson finished as the week's RB6 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 4 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Braelon Allen.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Braelon Allen.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Emanuel Wilson.
• Start Emanuel Wilson over Blake Corum.
• Start Emanuel Wilson over Brian Robinson.