Should I start Tony Pollard or Cam Skattebo in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Tony Pollard's market-based projection is 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Cam Skattebo's market-based projection is 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

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 5, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 65 percent of NYG snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 3 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 18 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 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 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 5.0 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 that year and Cam Skattebo RB37.

Tony Pollard had 141 more carries than Cam Skattebo, 242 to 101.

Tony Pollard had 9 more catches than Cam Skattebo, 33 to 24.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 52 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 63 percent against 57 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.