Should I start Tony Pollard or Chris Olave in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 15.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chris Olave's market-based projection is 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 55 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.

Through Week 6, Chris Olave has been on the field for 81 percent of NO snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 61 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 8 of 12 targets for 116 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 4 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 5.9 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 and Chris Olave WR6, which are two different ladders.

Tony Pollard is a running back and Chris Olave a wide receiver, 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 Chris Olave in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Tony Pollard has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.