Tony Pollard or Will Shipley: 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 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Will Shipley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

The market has Will Shipley at 8.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Will Shipley's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, Will Shipley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 15 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 7 times for 24 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 6 times for 23 yards, 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 Will Shipley played 15 games and scored 17.5 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing RB96.

He carried 14 times for 49 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 56 more yards.

That came to 0.9 carries a game at 3.5 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Will Shipley 1.2, 9.8 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 that year and Will Shipley RB96.

Tony Pollard had 228 more carries than Will Shipley, 242 to 14.

Tony Pollard had 24 more catches than Will Shipley, 33 to 9.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 38 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 60 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Will Shipley.

Tony Pollard is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Will Shipley is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.