CeeDee Lamb or Tony Pollard: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 222 players the market prices.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 82 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 32 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 3 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 8 of 9 targets for 153 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 112 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 1 time for -6 yards, caught 17 of 21 targets for 189 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 1.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he carried 14 times for 64 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 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 4.5 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.

Tony Pollard was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 3.4 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 and Tony Pollard RB23, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

CeeDee Lamb is off in Week 14 and Tony Pollard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

CeeDee Lamb is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

CeeDee Lamb has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.