Tony Pollard or Emeka Egbuka: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 9.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 204 players the market prices.

The player markets price Emeka Egbuka at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 105th highest figure of the 204 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 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emeka Egbuka: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 90th 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, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 84 percent of TB snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 1 time for -3 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 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 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 0.6 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 and Emeka Egbuka WR23, which are two different ladders.

Tony Pollard is a running back and Emeka Egbuka 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 Emeka Egbuka in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tony Pollard is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.7 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.