Start Tyler Allgeier or Kaleb Johnson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tyler Allgeier over Kaleb Johnson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tyler Allgeier at 7.5 points and Kaleb Johnson at 7.0, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.6 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 32% chance to score a touchdown (14, 10, 13 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.0 fantasy points for Kaleb Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Kaleb Johnson at 36.5 rushing yards, with a 34% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 14 market sources).

That puts Tyler Allgeier 0.6 points ahead of Kaleb Johnson on the market projections.

Injury status

Tyler Allgeier is not on the injury report.

Kaleb Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Kaleb Johnson played 31 percent of GB snaps, took 41 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 2 against NYJ: 16 of 59 snaps, 8 carries for 32 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 3 against ATL: 24 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 6 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 4 against TB: 17 of 60 snaps, 8 carries for 42 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

In 2025, Kaleb Johnson played 10 games for PIT and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He ran 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Tyler Allgeier.
• Start Tyler Allgeier over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Tyler Allgeier.
• Start Kaleb Johnson over Brian Robinson.
• Start David Montgomery over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Kaleb Johnson over George Holani.