Should I start Tyler Allgeier or Efton Chism III in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Allgeier, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Allgeier is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 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 Efton Chism III is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tyler Allgeier's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 55 percent of ARI snaps, taken 40 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 95 third down targets, had 5 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 58 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

In Week 8 against DAL he carried 11 times for 147 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 9 against SEA he carried 17 times for 46 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Efton Chism III has been on the field for 67 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 5 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 5 of 5 targets for 49 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Efton Chism III played 8 games and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.

He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 25.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Allgeier was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Allgeier scored 7.2 PPR points a game and Efton Chism III 2.1, 5.2 a game between them.

Tyler Allgeier is a running back and Efton Chism III a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyler Allgeier is off in Week 14 and Efton Chism III in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.