Should I start Saquon Barkley or Tyler Allgeier in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Saquon Barkley, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Allgeier, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 4 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 15 times for 82 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 51 percent of ARI snaps, taken 34 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 2 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 45 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 2.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against DET he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17-18 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Tyler Allgeier 7.2, 7.3 a game between them.

Saquon Barkley finished RB14 that year and Tyler Allgeier RB39.

Saquon Barkley had 137 more carries than Tyler Allgeier, 280 to 143.

Saquon Barkley had 23 more catches than Tyler Allgeier, 37 to 14.

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

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger share of the carries, 36 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable on the injury report.