Tyler Allgeier or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Allgeier: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 178.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 108.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tyler Allgeier at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 120th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The books have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 6.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 16 books. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 61 percent of ARI snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against LAC he carried 17 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against SEA he carried 5 times for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 43 percent of WAS snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 16 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

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 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt scored 8.3 PPR points a game and Tyler Allgeier 7.2, 1.0 a game between them.

Tyler Allgeier finished RB39 that year and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt had 32 more carries than Tyler Allgeier, 175 to 143.

Tyler Allgeier had 5 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 14 to 9.

This season Tyler Allgeier holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 43 percent.

This season Tyler Allgeier holds the bigger share of the carries, 46 percent against 44 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyler Allgeier is off in Week 14 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.