Should I start Tony Pollard or A.J. Brown in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Tony Pollard, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for A.J. Brown, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 52 percent of TEN snaps, taken 63 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he carried 17 times for 74 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 16 times for 48 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against HOU he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tony Pollard played 17 games and scored 185.8 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing RB23.

He carried 242 times for 1082 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 41 targets for 206 more yards.

That came to 14.2 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 3.8 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 and A.J. Brown WR11, which are two different ladders.

Tony Pollard is a running back and A.J. Brown a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9 and A.J. Brown in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.