Start Austin Ekeler or Tyler Allgeier? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Tyler Allgeier over Austin Ekeler in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Tyler Allgeier at 8.3 points and Austin Ekeler at 6.4, a gap of 1.9. No player market is posted for Tyler Allgeier this week yet, so his 8.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (9.0, 4.3 and 11.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.4 fantasy points for Austin Ekeler, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Austin Ekeler is 27 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 13, 13 and 14 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Tyler Allgeier yet. His market-based projections were 9.0, 4.3 and 11.6 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 8.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tyler Allgeier is 0-1 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Tyler Allgeier 1.9 points ahead of Austin Ekeler on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Austin Ekeler and WAS visit NYG on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 19.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 92 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against NYG and caught passes for 21 more yards.

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

LAR allowed 19.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 81 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against LAR and caught passes for 43 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Allgeier has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Austin Ekeler is not on the injury report.

Tyler Allgeier is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Austin Ekeler played 25 percent of WAS snaps, took 21 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Austin Ekeler, Week 5 against NYG: 6 of 62 snaps, 3 carries for -1 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Austin Ekeler, Week 6 against SF: 7 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 4 yards.

Austin Ekeler, Week 8 against PHI: 20 of 60 snaps, 8 carries for 36 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Austin Ekeler, Week 9 against LAR: 28 of 62 snaps, 8 carries for 16 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Through Week 9, Tyler Allgeier played 55 percent of ARI snaps, took 40 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 6 against LAR: 40 of 72 snaps, 18 carries for 38 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 7 against DEN: 38 of 81 snaps, 8 carries for 19 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 8 against DAL: 48 of 81 snaps, 11 carries for 147 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 9 against SEA: 51 of 53 snaps, 17 carries for 46 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Austin Ekeler played 2 games for WAS and scored 13.1 PPR points, 6.6 a game, finishing RB103.

He ran 14 times for 43 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 7 targets for 38 yards.

He was on the field for 50 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 10 calls

• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Corey Kiner over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Devin Singletary over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Tyler Allgeier.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Tyler Allgeier.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyler Allgeier.