Start Blake Corum or Tyler Allgeier? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Blake Corum over Tyler Allgeier in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 7.8 points and Tyler Allgeier at 7.5, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Blake Corum'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. Market coverage on Blake Corum is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Blake Corum at 31.5 rushing yards, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (16 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.5 fantasy points for Tyler Allgeier, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Tyler Allgeier at 25.5 rushing yards, 11.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (6, 5, 3 and 15 market sources).

That puts Blake Corum 0.3 points ahead of Tyler Allgeier on the market projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Tyler Allgeier is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 2 against NYG: 28 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 79 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 3 against DEN: 25 of 86 snaps, 6 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 4 against PHI: 13 of 84 snaps, 5 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Through Week 4, Tyler Allgeier played 51 percent of ARI snaps, took 32 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 1 against LAC: 44 of 75 snaps, 17 carries for 61 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.

He was on the field for 29 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 5 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Blake Corum.
• Start Bucky Irving over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Tyler Allgeier.
• Start Bucky Irving over Tyler Allgeier.
• Start Tyler Allgeier over George Holani.