Start Ty Johnson or Braelon Allen? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Braelon Allen over Ty Johnson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Braelon Allen at 9.7 points and Ty Johnson at 8.6, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Ty Johnson'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. 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.

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 40% chance to score a touchdown (9 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.6 fantasy points for Ty Johnson, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ty Johnson is 16 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Braelon Allen 1.2 points ahead of Ty Johnson on these projections.

Injury status

Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.

Ty 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, Ty Johnson played 25 percent of BUF snaps, took 1 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Ty Johnson, Week 3 against LAC: 15 of 66 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 50 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 4 against NE: 19 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 5 against LAR: 14 of 64 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 72 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, Ty Johnson played 17 games for BUF and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He ran 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 yards.

He was on the field for 29 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 Ty Johnson.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ty Johnson.
• Start Blake Corum over Ty Johnson.