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Should I start Garrett Wilson or Tony Pollard in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 2:26 PM ET.

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  • : Garrett Wilson: Questionable to Out (Concussion) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Jets WR Garrett Wilson (concussion) ruled out Sunday vs. the Chiefs (ESPN)
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Start Garrett Wilson: 88 percent of the snaps and 24 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tony Pollard's 78 percent of the snaps and 81 percent of the carries. 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.

Should I drop Tony Pollard for Garrett Wilson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Garrett Wilson projects 103 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.7 a game over 7 games), Tony Pollard 80 (10.0 a game over 8 games). Garrett Wilson is listed out.

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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.

WR25 · NYJ · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 3-5

Overall rank
66

RB35 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs carries line 6-2

Overall rank
131

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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 Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 2.9 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 88 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he caught 6 of 12 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

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 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 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 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 3.3 a game between them.

Garrett Wilson finished WR62 and Tony Pollard RB23, which are two different ladders.

Garrett Wilson 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

Garrett Wilson is off in Week 13 and Tony Pollard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Garrett Wilson is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tony Pollard for Garrett Wilson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Garrett Wilson projects 103 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.7 a game over 7 games), Tony Pollard 80 (10.0 a game over 8 games). Garrett Wilson is listed out.

  • Should I drop Garrett Wilson for Tony Pollard?

    No. Keep Garrett Wilson: he projects 103 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.7 a game over 7 games), Tony Pollard 80 (10.0 a game over 8 games). Garrett Wilson is listed out.

Should I drop Tony Pollard?

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