Tony Pollard or Ryan Flournoy: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ryan Flournoy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Ryan Flournoy, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 1.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he carried 14 times for 64 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 72 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 5 of 6 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 2 of 8 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 4 of 5 targets for 37 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 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.5 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Ryan Flournoy 7.1, 3.8 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 and Ryan Flournoy WR57, which are two different ladders.

Tony Pollard is a running back and Ryan Flournoy 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. No bye is listed for Ryan Flournoy.

What would change the answer

Ryan Flournoy has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.