Tyler Allgeier or Michael Pittman Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tyler Allgeier at 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 115th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 121st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Allgeier: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 51 percent of ARI snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 3.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 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.

The season feed carries no line for Michael Pittman Jr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Tyler Allgeier.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.