Should I start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Tyler Allgeier in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Rodriguez Jr., and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Allgeier, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 8.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Allgeier is 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chris Rodriguez Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has been on the field for 25 percent of JAX snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 4 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 6 times for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against PHI he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he carried 11 times for 55 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 50 percent of ARI snaps, taken 34 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 2 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 45 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 2.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against DET he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he carried 18 times for 38 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 8 times for 19 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.

He carried 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 8.6 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tyler Allgeier played 17 games and scored 123.0 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB39.

He carried 143 times for 514 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 96 more yards.

That came to 8.4 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Allgeier was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Allgeier scored 7.2 PPR points a game and Chris Rodriguez Jr. 7.1, 0.2 a game between them.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. finished RB51 that year and Tyler Allgeier RB39.

Tyler Allgeier had 31 more carries than Chris Rodriguez Jr., 143 to 112.

Tyler Allgeier had 11 more catches than Chris Rodriguez Jr., 14 to 3.

This season Tyler Allgeier holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 25 percent.

This season Tyler Allgeier holds the bigger share of the carries, 34 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is off in Week 7 and Tyler Allgeier in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.