Tyler Shough or Tony Pollard: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tyler Shough at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 27th highest figure of the 183 players the books 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 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Shough: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 52.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 89.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 62 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 62 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 1 against DET he completed 35 of 55 passes for 410 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 4 times for 8 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Shough played 11 games and scored 164.0 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing QB26.

He threw for 2384 yards on 327 attempts with 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 29.7 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 51 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 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 4.0 a game between them.

Tyler Shough finished QB26 and Tony Pollard RB23, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Shough 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

Tyler Shough is off in Week 8 and Tony Pollard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.6 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.