Start Braelon Allen or Tank Bigsby? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Braelon Allen over Tank Bigsby
Right: 4.0 to 0.3
- TEN D vs RB
- 23.8
- 15th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 40%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 4%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 4.0
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 1.2
- fantasy pts
- WAS D vs RB
- 11.5
- 6th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 11%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 0%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 0.3
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Braelon Allen over Tank Bigsby in Week 1.
Tank Bigsby is priced by the books at 1.2 projected points and Braelon Allen is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Braelon Allen at ADP 191 and Tank Bigsby at 193.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Braelon Allen in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 1.2 fantasy points for Tank Bigsby, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Braelon Allen and NYJ visit TEN.
TEN allowed 23.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 142 yards and a touchdown against TEN and caught passes for 16 more yards.
Tank Bigsby and PHI host WAS on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
WAS allowed 11.5 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 6th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 90 yards and no touchdowns against WAS and caught passes for 5 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Braelon Allen has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Braelon Allen was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Tank Bigsby was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Braelon Allen played 4 games for NYJ and scored 15.3 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB100.
He ran 18 times for 76 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards.
He was on the field for 24 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Tank Bigsby played 17 games for PHI and scored 53.8 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB69.
He ran 63 times for 356 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 32 yards.
He was on the field for 10 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Tank Bigsby, Week 18 of 2025 against WAS: 16 carries for 75 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 31 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.6 PPR points.
Tank Bigsby, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 5 of 54 snaps, 2 carries for 7 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 1.9 PPR points.
Tank Bigsby, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 8 of 70 snaps, 4 carries for 37 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown, 9.7 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Braelon Allen scored 4.0 PPR points and Tank Bigsby scored 0.3.
The call was right: Braelon Allen outscored Tank Bigsby by 3.7.
Braelon Allen, Week 1 against TEN: 27 of 67 snaps, 10 carries for 40 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 4.0 PPR points.
Braelon Allen finished as the week's RB50 in PPR scoring.
Tank Bigsby finished 0.9 points below the 1.2 the props implied.
Tank Bigsby, Week 1 against WAS: 6 of 55 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.3 PPR points.
Tank Bigsby finished as the week's RB74 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB39 · NYJ · bye 13
2025 vs rush yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 155
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
Ranked behind
RB47 · PHI · bye 10
2025 vs anytime td line 2-14
- Overall rank
- 177
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board22
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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