Tony Pollard or Dontayvion Wicks: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

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.

The player markets price Dontayvion Wicks at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 222 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dontayvion Wicks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 81 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 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 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.

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 5.5 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 and Dontayvion Wicks WR83, which are two different ladders.

Tony Pollard is a running back and Dontayvion Wicks 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. No bye is listed for Dontayvion Wicks.

What would change the answer

0.3 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.