Should I start Jonathan Taylor or Tony Pollard in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jonathan Taylor's market-based projection is 15.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 196 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 15.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, taken 74 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 49 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 13 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 21 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 55 percent of TEN snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 1.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 16 times for 48 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against HOU he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he carried 19 times for 76 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 10.4 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Tony Pollard RB23.

Jonathan Taylor had 81 more carries than Tony Pollard, 323 to 242.

Jonathan Taylor had 13 more catches than Tony Pollard, 46 to 33.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 55 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 74 percent against 67 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Tony Pollard has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.