Start Jaylen Warren or Braelon Allen? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Jaylen Warren over Braelon Allen in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Jaylen Warren at 15.4 points and Braelon Allen at 13.4, a gap of 2.0. No player market is posted for Braelon Allen this week yet, so his 13.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (15.7, 16.8 and 7.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jaylen Warren at ADP 62 and Braelon Allen at 180.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.4 fantasy points for Jaylen Warren, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Warren is 62 rushing yards, 26 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (10, 10, 8 and 11 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Braelon Allen yet. His market-based projections were 15.7, 16.8 and 7.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 13.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 0.4 touchdowns (6 market sources).

That puts Jaylen Warren 2.0 points ahead of Braelon Allen on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Jaylen Warren and PIT visit CIN on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CIN allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CIN and caught passes for 30 more yards.

Braelon Allen and NYJ host BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 26.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 81 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 44 more yards.

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

Injury status

Jaylen Warren is not on the injury report.

Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Jaylen Warren played 72 percent of PIT snaps, took 65 percent of the carries, drew 13 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Warren, Week 5 against IND: 52 of 60 snaps, 15 carries for 101 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 87 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jaylen Warren, Week 6 against TB: 59 of 79 snaps, 14 carries for 50 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 28 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 7 against NO: 40 of 64 snaps, 18 carries for 101 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 8 against CLE: 34 of 59 snaps, 17 carries for 143 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Braelon Allen played 65 percent of NYJ snaps, took 54 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

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: 53 of 64 snaps, 21 carries for 147 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Braelon Allen, Week 9 against KC: 37 of 63 snaps, 8 carries for 33 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jaylen Warren played 16 games for PIT and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He ran 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 yards.

He was on the field for 51 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 10 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Jaylen Warren.
• Start Jaylen Warren over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jaylen Warren.
• Start Braelon Allen over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Braelon Allen.