Should I start Jonathan Taylor or Tyler Allgeier in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Allgeier, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jonathan Taylor is 5.0 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.

No season market is posted for Tyler Allgeier, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 80 percent of IND snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 15 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 21 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against MIN he carried 18 times for 95 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 50 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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Tyler Allgeier 7.2, 14.1 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Tyler Allgeier RB39.

Jonathan Taylor had 180 more carries than Tyler Allgeier, 323 to 143.

Jonathan Taylor had 32 more catches than Tyler Allgeier, 46 to 14.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 50 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 35 percent.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13 and Tyler Allgeier in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.