Start Najee Harris or Braelon Allen? Week 1
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Najee Harris over Braelon Allen
Wrong: 0.0 to 4.0- DAL D vs RB
- 27.3
- 9th most to RBs (2026)
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
- Books implied
- 0.8
- pre-game
- TEN D vs RB
- 23.8
- 15th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 40%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 4%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 4.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Najee Harris over Braelon Allen in Week 1.
Braelon Allen is priced by the books at 0.8 projected points and Najee Harris is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Najee Harris at ADP 161 and Braelon Allen at 170.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Najee Harris in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 0.8 fantasy points for Braelon Allen, with 30 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Najee Harris and NYG host DAL.
DAL allowed 27.3 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 9th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 111 yards and a touchdown against DAL and caught passes for 22 more yards.
Braelon Allen and NYJ visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
TEN allowed 23.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 142 yards and a touchdown against TEN and caught passes for 16 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Najee Harris has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Najee Harris was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Braelon Allen was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Najee Harris played 3 games for LAC and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.
He ran 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 yards.
He was on the field for 21 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.
How Week 1 went
Najee Harris scored 0.0 PPR points and Braelon Allen scored 4.0.
The call was wrong: Braelon Allen outscored Najee Harris by 4.0.
Braelon Allen finished 3.2 points above the 0.8 the props implied.
Braelon Allen, Week 1 against TEN: 27 of 67 snaps, 10 carries for 40 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 4.0 PPR points.
Braelon Allen finished as the week's RB50 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
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