Should I start Tony Pollard or Jordyn Tyson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordyn Tyson, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 3.1 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.

The market-based projection for Jordyn Tyson is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 so far

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.

Through Week 9, Jordyn Tyson has been on the field for 24 percent of NO snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 9 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 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 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.

Jordyn Tyson is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Tony Pollard is a running back and Jordyn Tyson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9 and Jordyn Tyson in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.