Start Tony Pollard or Jacory Croskey-Merritt? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Tony Pollard over Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Tony Pollard at 9.9 points and Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 8.0, a gap of 2.0. Jacory Croskey-Merritt's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 9.9 fantasy points for Tony Pollard, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Tony Pollard at 46.5 rushing yards, 6.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 41% chance to score a touchdown (13, 9, 9 and 14 books).

Player prop markets imply 8.0 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 39.5 rushing yards, with a 29% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 14 books).

That puts Tony Pollard 2.0 points ahead of Jacory Croskey-Merritt on the books.

Injury status

Tony Pollard is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Tony Pollard played 53 percent of TEN snaps, took 49 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Tony Pollard, Week 1 against NYJ: 26 of 50 snaps, 7 carries for 35 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -1 yards.

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

Through Week 2, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 43 percent of WAS snaps, took 44 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 1 against PHI: 34 of 70 snaps, 16 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Tony Pollard, Week 18 of 2025 against JAX: 14 carries for 48 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards, 9.5 PPR points.

In 2025, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 13 carries for 29 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2.9 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tony Pollard.
• Start David Montgomery over Tony Pollard.
• Start Tony Pollard over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Blake Corum over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Chris Brooks.
• Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Chris Rodriguez Jr..