Once considered a touchdown vulture to Breece Hall in the Jets’ offense, Allen was anything but in his rookie campaign. The rookie fourth-rounder found the end zone three times this season and was out-played by fellow rookie Isaiah Davis late in the season. In Week 14 against the Dolphins, Davis played ahead of Allen and found the end zone. Allen’s final rushing line on the year was 92-334-2 with a 3.6 YPC. His fantasy ceiling will be capped by Hall as long as he is healthy, but he could face more challenges for fantasy relevance with Davis firmly in the mix for the RB2 role heading into next season. Assuming the Jets enter 2025 with the same trio of running backs, the camp battle between Allen and Davis will be one to monitor as we get closer to draft season.

He was notably stuffed on New York’s first drive when they went for it on fourth-and-short. Allen saw some of his touches siphoned off to Isaiah Davis (3/35, 1/8 on one target) as the Jets went deep into the bench down 40-0. If the Jets were to rest Breece Hall in Week 18, Allen would be an interesting RB2 play. As things stand he’s just not getting enough of a snap share in a bad offense to warrant starting.

Allen was limited for the first two practices of the week because of the back injury before being upgraded to a full session on Friday. He was still listed as questionable on the final injury report, though the rookie never appeared to be at risk of missing Week 16. Breece Hall was off the injury report entirely this week, suggesting he’s as healthy as he has been since tweaking his knee a month ago. With Isaiah Davis also in the mix for touches, only Hall is worth starting in the fantasy semifinals.

Allen was upgraded to a full session to close the week, meaning he should play through this back issue on Sunday. Fellow backup running back Isaiah Davis was dealing with a back injury of his own this week. He was removed from the injury report entirely. Breece Hall, who never made an appearance on the injury report this week, should see an uptick in touches as he gets healthier. Neither Allen nor Davis will escape the RB4/5 border this week.