Should I start Woody Marks or Tony Pollard in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Woody Marks, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Woody Marks is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 4.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Woody Marks has been on the field for 62 percent of HOU snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 3 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 51 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 1.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he carried 15 times for 56 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he carried 19 times for 66 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAC he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 62 percent of TEN snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 10 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against CLE he carried 25 times for 129 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 26 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against CIN he carried 21 times for 117 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 20 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Woody Marks 9.4, 1.5 a game between them.

Woody Marks finished RB29 that year and Tony Pollard RB23.

Tony Pollard had 46 more carries than Woody Marks, 242 to 196.

Tony Pollard had 9 more catches than Woody Marks, 33 to 24.

Their snap share this season is the same, 62 percent each.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 71 percent against 50 percent.

Byes and availability

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