Start Braelon Allen or Josh Jacobs? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Josh Jacobs over Braelon Allen in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Josh Jacobs at 11.3 points and Braelon Allen at 13.7, a gap of 2.4. Josh Jacobs still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 78 against 180, and that outweighs a gap this size. 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 13.7 fantasy points for Braelon Allen, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 16 receiving yards and 0.7 touchdowns (3 and 13 market sources).

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

The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 50 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (11, 10, 10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Braelon Allen 2.4 points ahead of Josh Jacobs on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

MIA allowed 26.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 4th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 101 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIA and caught passes for 39 more yards.

Josh Jacobs and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 18.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 16 more yards.

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

Injury status

Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.

Josh Jacobs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Braelon Allen played 61 percent of NYJ snaps, took 49 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Braelon Allen, Week 6 against NE: 54 of 62 snaps, 17 carries for 78 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 26 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, Josh Jacobs played 15 games for GB and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.

He ran 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 yards.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Josh Jacobs, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 13 of 47 snaps, 4 carries for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1.3 PPR points.

Josh Jacobs, Week 16 of 2025 against CHI: 28 of 72 snaps, 12 carries for 36 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 4.8 PPR points.

Josh Jacobs, Week 15 of 2025 against DEN: 36 of 66 snaps, 12 carries for 73 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 2 touchdowns, 23.2 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Braelon Allen.
• Start Braelon Allen over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Braelon Allen.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Josh Jacobs over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Josh Jacobs.