Start Tyjae Spears or Braelon Allen? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Braelon Allen over Tyjae Spears in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Braelon Allen at 9.7 points and Tyjae Spears at 6.4, a gap of 3.4. 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.

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 6.4 fantasy points for Tyjae Spears, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyjae Spears is 13 rushing yards, 15 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (11, 8, 8 and 9 market sources).

That puts Braelon Allen 3.4 points ahead of Tyjae Spears on these projections.

Injury status

Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.

Tyjae Spears 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, Tyjae Spears played 44 percent of TEN snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyjae Spears, Week 2 against PHI: 19 of 53 snaps, 7 carries for 41 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 29 yards.

Tyjae Spears, Week 3 against NYG: 28 of 60 snaps, 3 carries for 5 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tyjae Spears, Week 4 against BAL: 23 of 64 snaps, 2 carries for 7 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -1 yards.

Tyjae Spears, Week 5 against HOU: 34 of 63 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 9 targets and 9 catches for 28 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, Tyjae Spears played 13 games for TEN and scored 111.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB44.

He ran 72 times for 283 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 45 of 50 targets for 264 yards.

He was on the field for 46 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 Tyjae Spears.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyjae Spears.