Start Tyler Allgeier or Dylan Sampson? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Tyler Allgeier over Dylan Sampson
Right: 9.0 to 0.0
- LAC D vs RB
- 22.0
- 15th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 59%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 5%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 9.0
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 0.9
- fantasy pts
- JAX D vs RB
- 12.6
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Tyler Allgeier over Dylan Sampson in Week 1.
Dylan Sampson is priced by the books at 0.9 projected points and Tyler Allgeier is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Tyler Allgeier at ADP 173 and Dylan Sampson at 184.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Tyler Allgeier in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 0.9 fantasy points for Dylan Sampson, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Tyler Allgeier and ARI visit LAC.
LAC allowed 22.0 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 15th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 102 yards and a touchdown against LAC and caught passes for 18 more yards.
Dylan Sampson and CLE visit JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
JAX allowed 12.6 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 8th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 34 yards and no touchdowns against JAX and caught passes for 42 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Tyler Allgeier has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Tyler Allgeier was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Dylan Sampson was not on the injury report when the call was made.
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.
Tyler Allgeier, Week 18 of 2025 against NO: 7 carries for 16 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards, 2.9 PPR points.
Tyler Allgeier, Week 17 of 2025 against LAR: 19 of 53 snaps, 10 carries for 23 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2.3 PPR points.
Tyler Allgeier, Week 16 of 2025 against ARI: 31 of 77 snaps, 16 carries for 79 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -6 yards, 8.3 PPR points.
In 2025, Dylan Sampson played 15 games for CLE and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.
He ran 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 yards.
He was on the field for 25 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Dylan Sampson, Week 18 of 2025 against CIN: 10 carries for 32 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 6.4 PPR points.
Dylan Sampson, Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 18 of 52 snaps, 11 carries for 27 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 0 yards, 5.7 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Tyler Allgeier scored 9.0 PPR points and Dylan Sampson scored 0.0.
The call was right: Tyler Allgeier outscored Dylan Sampson by 9.0.
Tyler Allgeier, Week 1 against LAC: 44 of 75 snaps, 17 carries for 61 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards, 9.0 PPR points.
Tyler Allgeier finished as the week's RB29 in PPR scoring.
Dylan Sampson finished 0.9 points below the 0.9 the props implied.
Dylan Sampson, Week 1 against JAX: 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB38 · ARI · bye 14
2025 vs rush yds line 8-9
- Overall rank
- 129
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
Ranked behind
RB58 · CLE · bye 11
2025 vs anytime td line 2-13
- Overall rank
- 239
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 13
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 board110
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 9 and tier 13
- Board size244 draftable players
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