Start Braelon Allen or Kaleb Johnson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Braelon Allen over Kaleb Johnson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Braelon Allen at 9.7 points and Kaleb Johnson at 7.3, a gap of 2.4. No player market is posted for Braelon Allen this week yet, so his 9.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (3.1, 11.1 and 14.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson this week yet, so his 7.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (9.3, 6.7 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Braelon Allen yet. His market-based projections were 3.2, 11.1 and 14.9 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Braelon Allen a 43% chance to score a touchdown (9 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 9.3, 6.7 and 6.0 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 7.3, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Kaleb Johnson a 19% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

That puts Braelon Allen 2.4 points ahead of Kaleb Johnson on these projections.

Injury status

Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.

Kaleb Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Kaleb Johnson played 27 percent of GB snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 2 against NYJ: 16 of 59 snaps, 8 carries for 32 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 3 against ATL: 24 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 6 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 4 against TB: 17 of 60 snaps, 8 carries for 42 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 5 against CHI: 9 of 61 snaps, 7 carries for 26 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, Kaleb Johnson played 10 games for PIT and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He ran 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Braelon Allen.
• Start Braelon Allen over Blake Corum.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Blake Corum over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Kaleb Johnson over Brian Robinson.