Tony Pollard or Keaton Mitchell: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keaton Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The market has Keaton Mitchell at 7.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Keaton Mitchell's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 1.5 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against NYG he carried 17 times for 74 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

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

Through Week 4, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 33 percent of LAC snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 5 times for 24 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 8 times for 52 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for -5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 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 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4.5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 6.7 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 that year and Keaton Mitchell RB67.

Tony Pollard had 183 more carries than Keaton Mitchell, 242 to 59.

Tony Pollard had 24 more catches than Keaton Mitchell, 33 to 9.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 33 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 60 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Keaton Mitchell.

What would change the answer

Keaton Mitchell is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.