Kyler Murray or Tony Pollard: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyler Murray at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 9.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyler Murray: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 73 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 84 times and thrown 6.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 84 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against GB he completed 3 of 5 passes for 18 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 9 yards.

In Week 3 against TB he completed 15 of 29 passes for 168 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 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 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.

Tony Pollard was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 5.2 a game between them.

Kyler Murray finished QB38 and Tony Pollard RB23, which are two different ladders.

Kyler Murray is a quarterback and Tony Pollard a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

6.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.