Should I start J.K. Dobbins or Tyler Allgeier in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Allgeier, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Tyler Allgeier is 2.2 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.

J.K. Dobbins's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 38 percent of DEN snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 8 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against SEA he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 6 times for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against KC he carried 7 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 51 percent of ARI snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 4 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 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 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Tyler Allgeier 7.2, 4.4 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 that year and Tyler Allgeier RB39.

J.K. Dobbins had 10 more carries than Tyler Allgeier, 153 to 143.

Tyler Allgeier had 3 more catches than J.K. Dobbins, 14 to 11.

This season Tyler Allgeier holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 38 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 35 percent.

Byes and availability

J.K. Dobbins is off in Week 10 and Tyler Allgeier in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.