Should I start Tony Pollard or Kirk Cousins in Week 10?
Updated Nov 11, 3:21 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Kirk Cousins: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tony Pollard's 78 percent of the snaps and 81 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Tony Pollard for Kirk Cousins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kirk Cousins projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), Tony Pollard 81 (10.1 a game over 8 games).
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
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- Market-based projection
- 15.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 100
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kirk Cousins, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
Tony Pollard's market-based projection is 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.
No season market is posted for Kirk Cousins, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
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, Kirk Cousins has been on the field for 98 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 328 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 55 of 328 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.
In Week 7 against LAR he completed 26 of 44 passes for 295 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 6 yards.
In Week 8 against NYJ he completed 19 of 26 passes for 247 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 5 yards.
In Week 9 against SF he completed 22 of 32 passes for 216 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions and ran 2 times for 0 yards.
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.
In 2025 Kirk Cousins played 10 games and scored 108.5 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing QB35.
He threw for 1721 yards on 269 attempts with 10 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 7 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Tony Pollard was available for 7 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 they scored the same 10.9 PPR points a game.
Tony Pollard finished RB23 and Kirk Cousins QB35, which are two different ladders.
Tony Pollard is a running back and Kirk Cousins a quarterback, 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 Kirk Cousins in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Kirk Cousins has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tony Pollard for Kirk Cousins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kirk Cousins projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), Tony Pollard 81 (10.1 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Kirk Cousins for Tony Pollard?
No. Keep Kirk Cousins: he projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games), Tony Pollard 81 (10.1 a game over 8 games).
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