Should I start Efton Chism III or Tony Pollard in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 4:21 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Start Tony Pollard: 78 percent of the snaps and 81 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Efton Chism III's 67 percent of the snaps and 13 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR59 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 2-6
- Market-based projection
- 5.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 122
RB32 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs carries line 6-2
- Overall rank
- 123
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Efton Chism III is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Efton Chism III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 9, Efton Chism III has been on the field for 67 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.
His 11 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.
In Week 7 against CHI he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against MIA he caught 5 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against GB he caught 5 of 5 targets for 49 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 8, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 62 percent of TEN snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 10 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 38 two minute targets.
His 21 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.
In Week 6 against IND he carried 19 times for 76 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CLE he carried 25 times for 129 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 26 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.
In Week 8 against CIN he carried 21 times for 117 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 20 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Efton Chism III played 8 games and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.
He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.
That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 25.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 14 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 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 9 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Efton Chism III 2.1, 8.9 a game between them.
Efton Chism III 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
Efton Chism III is off in Week 11 and Tony Pollard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
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