Tyler Allgeier or Emeka Egbuka: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Allgeier: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emeka Egbuka: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Allgeier is 7.6 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Emeka Egbuka's market-based projection is 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 93rd highest figure of the 172 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 50 percent of ARI snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 2.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against SF he carried 2 times for -1 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he carried 8 times for 42 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Through Week 5, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 85 percent of TB snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 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 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Tyler Allgeier 7.2, 4.3 a game between them.

Tyler Allgeier finished RB39 and Emeka Egbuka WR23, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Emeka Egbuka is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tyler Allgeier.

What would change the answer

Tyler Allgeier is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.