Should I start Tony Pollard or Alvin Kamara in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tony Pollard's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 62 percent of TEN snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 10 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against IND he carried 19 times for 76 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he carried 25 times for 129 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 26 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against CIN he carried 21 times for 117 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 20 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 9, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 37 percent of NO snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 7 times for 34 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PIT he carried 6 times for 5 yards, caught 7 of 7 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CLE he carried 6 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 17 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 Alvin Kamara played 11 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing RB46.

He carried 131 times for 471 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 33 of 39 targets for 186 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 1.8 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Tony Pollard had 111 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 242 to 131.

Both had 33 catches.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 37 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 71 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.