Start Dameon Pierce or Tyler Allgeier? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Tyler Allgeier in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 7.1 points and Tyler Allgeier at 6.5, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Dameon Pierce this week yet, so his 7.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.8 and 10.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tyler Allgeier this week yet, so his 6.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.2 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dameon Pierce yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 10.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 7.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tyler Allgeier yet. His market-based projections were 6.2 and 6.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Dameon Pierce 0.6 points ahead of Tyler Allgeier on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

DEN allowed 23.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 105 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DEN and caught passes for 33 more yards.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Tyler Allgeier is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce played 87 percent of PHI snaps, took 74 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

Dameon Pierce, Week 6 against CAR: 61 of 64 snaps, 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Tyler Allgeier played 51 percent of ARI snaps, took 34 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

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 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Tyler Allgeier.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyler Allgeier.
• Start Tyler Allgeier over Brian Robinson.