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Should I start Tony Pollard or MarShawn Lloyd in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 4:31 PM ET.

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Start Tony Pollard: 78 percent of the snaps and 81 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against MarShawn Lloyd's 31 percent of the snaps and 25 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 MarShawn Lloyd for Tony Pollard?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tony Pollard projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), MarShawn Lloyd 42 (6.0 a game over 7 games). MarShawn Lloyd is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB32 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs carries line 6-2

Overall rank
123

RB36 · GB · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-4

Market-based projection
1.9 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
148

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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 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

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 MarShawn Lloyd is 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 through Week 8

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 8, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 35 percent of GB snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CAR he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 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.

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 35 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 71 percent against 35 percent.

Byes and availability

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9 and MarShawn Lloyd in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

MarShawn Lloyd is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for Tony Pollard?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Tony Pollard projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), MarShawn Lloyd 42 (6.0 a game over 7 games). MarShawn Lloyd is listed out.

  • Should I drop Tony Pollard for MarShawn Lloyd?

    No. Keep Tony Pollard: he projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), MarShawn Lloyd 42 (6.0 a game over 7 games). MarShawn Lloyd is listed out.

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