Start Tyler Allgeier or Bhayshul Tuten? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tyler Allgeier in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Bhayshul Tuten at 12.1 points and Tyler Allgeier at 12.5, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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 Bhayshul Tuten at ADP 53 and Tyler Allgeier at 169.

What the market projects

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).

Player markets imply 12.1 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bhayshul Tuten is 64 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (10, 10, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Tyler Allgeier 0.3 points ahead of Bhayshul Tuten on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

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.

Bhayshul Tuten and JAX host HOU on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

HOU allowed 16.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against HOU and caught passes for 17 more yards.

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

Injury status

Tyler Allgeier is not on the injury report.

Bhayshul Tuten is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Bhayshul Tuten played 56 percent of JAX snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 2 against DEN: 30 of 59 snaps, 13 carries for 65 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for -3 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 3 against NE: 30 of 62 snaps, 15 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 4 against CIN: 36 of 61 snaps, 17 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 5 against PHI: 49 of 72 snaps, 22 carries for 72 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games for JAX and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He ran 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

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