Dylan Sampson or Tyrone Tracy Jr.: Who Should You Start?

Two Bench Backs: Sampson's Passing-Down Role vs Tracy's Empty Volume

Neither back deserves a roster spot this week, but the reasons diverge in an interesting way. Sampson touches the ball far less than Tracy yet edges him in the projection because his third-down role gives him access to catches even when Cleveland's offense stalls near midfield. Tracy is on the field for nearly every snap and plays behind a Giants offense implied for 23.5 points, but his role is still pure between-the-tackles work with no real receiving upside, so all that playing time doesn't translate into scoring paths. If you need a body in a bye-week emergency, Sampson's pass-catching floor is slightly safer than betting Tracy stumbles into a long touchdown run.

What flips it: A pass-catching-down role change for either back — more targets for Tracy or a bigger workload for Sampson — flips this.

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In standard and half-PPR scoring this flips to Tracy.

Head-to-head stats

Signal breakdown

• 5.0 vs 2.4 projected PPR pointsDylan Sampson +
• Rank 50 vs 51Dylan Sampson +
• Matchup (DvP composite)even
• Implied 16.5 vs 23.5 team pointsTyrone Tracy Jr. +
• No injury designationseven
• 27% vs 96% snap shareTyrone Tracy Jr. +

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