Should I start Tanner McKee or Tony Pollard in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 4:16 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Tanner McKee: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tony Pollard's 57 percent of the snaps and 74 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Tony Pollard for Tanner McKee?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tanner McKee projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Tony Pollard 99 (9.9 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Tanner McKee

QB11 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank: 84

Tony Pollard

RB29 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Market-based projection: 11.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 85

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The gap

Board size299 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 16.4 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tanner McKee has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 48 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 10 of 48 dropbacks.

In Week 6 against CAR he completed 26 of 45 passes for 215 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 55 percent of TEN snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 1.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against IND he carried 19 times for 76 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tanner McKee played 4 games and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He threw for 274 yards on 43 attempts with 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 10.8 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 3 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 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 7.2 a game between them.

Tanner McKee finished QB55 and Tony Pollard RB23, which are two different ladders.

Tanner McKee is a quarterback 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

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Tanner McKee.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tony Pollard for Tanner McKee?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tanner McKee projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Tony Pollard 99 (9.9 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Tanner McKee for Tony Pollard?
No. Keep Tanner McKee: he projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Tony Pollard 99 (9.9 a game over 10 games).