Quinshon Judkins or Tony Pollard: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Quinshon Judkins at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Tony Pollard at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 0.4 a game between them.

Quinshon Judkins finished RB26 that year and Tony Pollard RB23.

Tony Pollard had 12 more carries than Quinshon Judkins, 242 to 230.

Tony Pollard had 7 more catches than Quinshon Judkins, 33 to 26.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 52 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 63 percent against 61 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Quinshon Judkins is listed as questionable on the injury report.