Tony Pollard or Matthew Stafford: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Stafford: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 67th highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

The market has Matthew Stafford at 23.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 6 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 52 percent of TEN snaps, taken 63 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against HOU he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 224 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 224 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 3 against DEN he completed 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he completed 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.

In Week 5 against BUF he completed 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

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 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 10.2 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 and Matthew Stafford QB3, which are two different ladders.

Tony Pollard is a running back and Matthew Stafford 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 Matthew Stafford in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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