Should I start Tony Pollard or Drake London 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 Drake London, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 15.5 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.

Drake London's market-based projection is 16.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 196 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, Drake London has been on the field for 90 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 5 of 6 targets for 96 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 7 of 11 targets for 118 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 4 of 10 targets for 62 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 Drake London played 12 games and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.3 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

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

Tony Pollard finished RB23 and Drake London WR19, which are two different ladders.

Tony Pollard is a running back and Drake London 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 Drake London in Week 11, 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.