Start Tyler Allgeier or Tank Bigsby? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Tank Bigsby over Tyler Allgeier in Week 1.

Tank Bigsby is priced by the books at 2.2 projected points. Tyler Allgeier 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 Tank Bigsby at ADP 182 and Tyler Allgeier at 172. Market coverage on Tank Bigsby is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

No sportsbook posted a player market for Tyler Allgeier in Week 1.

Player prop markets imply 2.2 fantasy points for Tank Bigsby, with 40 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.

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, Tyler Allgeier has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tyler Allgeier 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, 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, 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

Tank Bigsby scored 0.3 PPR points and Tyler Allgeier scored 9.0.

The call was wrong: Tyler Allgeier outscored Tank Bigsby by 8.7.

Tank Bigsby finished 1.9 points below the 2.2 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.

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.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Tyler Allgeier over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Tyler Allgeier over Braelon Allen.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Tyler Allgeier.
• Start Braelon Allen over Tank Bigsby.
• Start Tank Bigsby over Brian Robinson.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Tank Bigsby.