Jameson Williams or Tony Pollard: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jameson Williams at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 81st highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 95th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameson Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 89.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against NO he caught 4 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jameson Williams played 17 games and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 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 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameson Williams scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 2.0 a game between them.

Jameson Williams finished WR12 and Tony Pollard RB23, which are two different ladders.

Jameson Williams 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

Jameson Williams is off in Week 6 and Tony Pollard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tony Pollard is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.3 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.