Should I start Jordan Mason or Tony Pollard in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jordan Mason is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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.

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 3.3 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 54 percent of MIN snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 58 percent of TEN snaps, taken 70 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 59 third down targets, had 9 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 1.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against CLE he carried 25 times for 129 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 26 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 2.9 a game between them.

Jordan Mason finished RB36 that year and Tony Pollard RB23.

Tony Pollard had 83 more carries than Jordan Mason, 242 to 159.

Tony Pollard had 19 more catches than Jordan Mason, 33 to 14.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 54 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 70 percent against 52 percent.

Byes and availability

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