Should I start Michael Pittman Jr. or Tyler Allgeier in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Allgeier, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Allgeier is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Michael Pittman Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 9, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 55 percent of ARI snaps, taken 40 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 95 third down targets, had 5 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 58 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 9 against SEA he carried 17 times for 46 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. played 17 games and scored 202.4 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR18.

He caught 80 of 111 targets for 784 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Tyler Allgeier 7.2, 4.7 a game between them.

Michael Pittman Jr. finished WR18 and Tyler Allgeier RB39, which are two different ladders.

Michael Pittman Jr. is a wide receiver and Tyler Allgeier a running back, 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 and Tyler Allgeier in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

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