Start Tyrone Tracy Jr. or Dylan Sampson? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Dylan Sampson over Tyrone Tracy Jr. in Week 1.

Dylan Sampson is priced by the books at 1.1 projected points. Tyrone Tracy Jr. has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Dylan Sampson at ADP 182 and Tyrone Tracy Jr. at 196. Market coverage on Dylan Sampson is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 1.1 fantasy points for Dylan Sampson, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Tyrone Tracy Jr. in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

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.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. and NYG host DAL.

DAL allowed 27.3 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 9th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 111 yards and a touchdown against DAL and caught passes for 22 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Tyrone Tracy Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dylan Sampson was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Tyrone Tracy Jr. played 15 games for NYG and scored 160.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing RB28.

He ran 176 times for 740 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 288 yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tyrone Tracy Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against DAL: 18 carries for 103 yards, 9 targets and 8 catches for 56 yards, 1 touchdown, 27.9 PPR points.

Tyrone Tracy Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against LV: 42 of 64 snaps, 14 carries for 62 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -5 yards, 6.7 PPR points.

Tyrone Tracy Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against MIN: 35 of 56 snaps, 16 carries for 71 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 9.8 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Dylan Sampson scored 0.0 PPR points and Tyrone Tracy Jr. scored -0.6.

The call was right: Dylan Sampson outscored Tyrone Tracy Jr. by 0.6.

Dylan Sampson finished 1.1 points below the 1.1 the props implied.

Dylan Sampson, Week 1 against JAX: 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tyrone Tracy Jr., Week 1 against DAL: 2 of 69 snaps, 2 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, -0.6 PPR points.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. finished as the week's RB78 in PPR scoring.

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