Tony Pollard or Rashod Bateman: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 110th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 8.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 116th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 89.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 174.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 52 percent of TEN snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 12.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYJ he carried 7 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 78 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

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

His 1 target have averaged 23.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 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 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 6.7 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 and Rashod Bateman WR102, which are two different ladders.

Tony Pollard is a running back and Rashod Bateman a wide receiver, 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 Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.