Should I start Bijan Robinson or Tony Pollard in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 4:11 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Bijan Robinson: 71 percent of the snaps and 66 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Tony Pollard's 51 percent of the snaps and 72 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Tony Pollard for Bijan Robinson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bijan Robinson projects 224 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (22.4 a game over 10 games), Tony Pollard 99 (9.9 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Bijan Robinson

RB1 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 2-4

Market-based projection: 23.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 1

Tony Pollard

RB23 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Market-based projection: 11.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 61

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The gap

Board size328 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bijan Robinson, and the board ranks him 1st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Tony Pollard, 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 through Week 6

Through Week 6, Bijan Robinson has been on the field for 68 percent of ATL snaps, taken 64 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 7 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against NO he carried 19 times for 145 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against BAL he carried 17 times for 86 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he carried 9 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for -8 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 52 percent of TEN snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 1.5 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bijan Robinson played 17 games and scored 370.8 PPR points, 21.8 a game, finishing RB2.

He carried 287 times for 1478 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 79 of 103 targets for 820 more yards.

That came to 16.9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 4.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Bijan Robinson scored 21.8 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 10.9 a game between them.

Bijan Robinson finished RB2 that year and Tony Pollard RB23.

Bijan Robinson had 45 more carries than Tony Pollard, 287 to 242.

Bijan Robinson had 46 more catches than Tony Pollard, 79 to 33.

This season Bijan Robinson holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 52 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 64 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tony Pollard for Bijan Robinson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bijan Robinson projects 224 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (22.4 a game over 10 games), Tony Pollard 99 (9.9 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Bijan Robinson for Tony Pollard?
No. Keep Bijan Robinson: he projects 224 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (22.4 a game over 10 games), Tony Pollard 99 (9.9 a game over 10 games).