Should I start Tony Pollard or Brenton Strange in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brenton Strange, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 2.9 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 Brenton Strange is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 76 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 2 of 2 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BAL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 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 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Brenton Strange 9.8, 1.1 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 and Brenton Strange TE23, which are two different ladders.

Tony Pollard is a running back and Brenton Strange a tight end, 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 Brenton Strange in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.