Tony Pollard or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 98th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 144th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 89.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 107.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, taken 49 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYJ he carried 7 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against PHI he carried 14 times for 64 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 43 percent of WAS snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 16 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 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 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 2.7 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 that year and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33.

Tony Pollard had 67 more carries than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 242 to 175.

Tony Pollard had 24 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 33 to 9.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 43 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 49 percent against 44 percent.

Byes and availability

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tony Pollard is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.