Should I start Tony Pollard or Zach Charbonnet in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tony Pollard, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Zach Charbonnet is 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season through Week 6

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.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Zach Charbonnet this season.

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 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 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zach Charbonnet scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 0.4 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 that year and Zach Charbonnet RB24.

Tony Pollard had 58 more carries than Zach Charbonnet, 242 to 184.

Tony Pollard had 13 more catches than Zach Charbonnet, 33 to 20.

Byes and availability

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9 and Zach Charbonnet in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Zach Charbonnet is listed as pup on the injury report.