Start Ashton Jeanty or Tyler Allgeier? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Ashton Jeanty over Tyler Allgeier in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Ashton Jeanty at 16.4 points and Tyler Allgeier at 12.5, a gap of 4.0. Tyler Allgeier's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Drafters take Ashton Jeanty at ADP 25 and Tyler Allgeier at 169.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 56 rushing yards, 26 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.8 touchdowns (12, 12, 11 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.5 fantasy points for Tyler Allgeier, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyler Allgeier is 47 rushing yards and 0.6 touchdowns (13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Ashton Jeanty 4.0 points ahead of Tyler Allgeier on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Ashton Jeanty and LV host BUF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

BUF allowed 28.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 48 more yards.

Tyler Allgeier and ARI visit LAR on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAR allowed 20.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 88 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against LAR and caught passes for 43 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Ashton Jeanty has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Tyler Allgeier is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Ashton Jeanty played 72 percent of LV snaps, took 68 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 2 against LAC: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 carries for 48 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 3 against NO: 59 of 70 snaps, 19 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 4 against KC: 56 of 84 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 68 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 5 against NE: 32 of 60 snaps, 10 carries for 27 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 50 yards.

Through Week 5, Tyler Allgeier played 50 percent of ARI snaps, took 29 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 2 against SEA: 32 of 50 snaps, 5 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 3 against SF: 31 of 87 snaps, 2 carries for -1 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 10 yards.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 4 against NYG: 36 of 66 snaps, 8 carries for 42 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 5 against DET: 32 of 73 snaps, 3 carries for 7 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ashton Jeanty played 17 games for LV and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He ran 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tyler Allgeier played 17 games for ATL and scored 123.0 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB39.

He ran 143 times for 514 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 96 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.
• Start Tyler Allgeier over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tyler Allgeier.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyler Allgeier.