Start Dameon Pierce or Tony Pollard? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Tony Pollard in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 11.3 points and Tony Pollard at 11.2, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.3 fantasy points for Dameon Pierce, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 59 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 11, 13 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.2 fantasy points for Tony Pollard, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 55 rushing yards, 11 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (12, 13, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Dameon Pierce 0.2 points ahead of Tony Pollard on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Tony Pollard and TEN visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 26.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 100 yards and a touchdown a game against IND and caught passes for 53 more yards.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Tony Pollard is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dameon Pierce played 77 percent of PHI snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

Through Week 5, Tony Pollard played 52 percent of TEN snaps, took 63 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.

Tony Pollard, Week 2 against PHI: 29 of 53 snaps, 14 carries for 64 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Tony Pollard, Week 3 against NYG: 32 of 60 snaps, 17 carries for 74 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards.

Tony Pollard, Week 4 against BAL: 34 of 64 snaps, 16 carries for 48 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 2 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tony Pollard, Week 5 against HOU: 30 of 63 snaps, 14 carries for 52 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

In 2025, Tony Pollard played 17 games for TEN and scored 185.8 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing RB23.

He ran 242 times for 1082 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 41 targets for 206 yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Braelon Allen.
• Start Tony Pollard over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Tony Pollard.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tony Pollard.