Start Josh Jacobs or Braelon Allen? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Josh Jacobs over Braelon Allen in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Josh Jacobs at 14.8 points and Braelon Allen at 15.4, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. No player market is posted for Braelon Allen this week yet, so his 15.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (13.8, 15.7 and 16.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Braelon Allen yet. His market-based projections were 13.8, 15.7 and 16.8 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 15.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

Player markets imply 14.8 fantasy points for Josh Jacobs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 44 rushing yards, 22 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.8 touchdowns (10, 10, 8 and 7 market sources).

That puts Braelon Allen 0.6 points ahead of Josh Jacobs on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Braelon Allen and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 69 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 42 more yards.

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

NE allowed 19.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 31 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 9

Through Week 8, Braelon Allen played 66 percent of NYJ snaps, took 56 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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.

Through Week 8, Josh Jacobs played 62 percent of GB snaps, took 71 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 67 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Jacobs, Week 7 against DET: 35 of 67 snaps, 11 carries for 36 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 55 yards, 1 touchdown.

Josh Jacobs, Week 8 against CAR: 49 of 69 snaps, 21 carries for 39 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 13 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bucky Irving over Braelon Allen.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bucky Irving over Josh Jacobs.