Should I start Rashee Rice or Tony Pollard in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 4.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

Rashee Rice's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 61 percent of KC snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against NYJ he caught 5 of 7 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 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 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 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 7.8 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 and Tony Pollard RB23, which are two different ladders.

Rashee Rice is a wide receiver 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

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and Tony Pollard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.