Start Tony Pollard or J.K. Dobbins? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tony Pollard over J.K. Dobbins in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tony Pollard at 10.6 points and J.K. Dobbins at 9.1, a gap of 1.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.6 fantasy points for Tony Pollard, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 53 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 13, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.1 fantasy points for J.K. Dobbins, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for J.K. Dobbins is 49 rushing yards, 4 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 9, 10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Tony Pollard 1.5 points ahead of J.K. Dobbins on the market projections.

Injury status

Tony Pollard is not on the injury report.

J.K. Dobbins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, J.K. Dobbins played 42 percent of DEN snaps, took 56 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

J.K. Dobbins, Week 2 against JAX: 21 of 62 snaps, 10 carries for 36 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

J.K. Dobbins, Week 3 against LAR: 33 of 67 snaps, 17 carries for 49 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

J.K. Dobbins, Week 4 against SF: 21 of 65 snaps, 11 carries for 40 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

J.K. Dobbins, Week 5 against LAC: 32 of 62 snaps, 18 carries for 68 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025, J.K. Dobbins played 10 games for DEN and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He ran 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 yards.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Tony Pollard over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Tony Pollard.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tony Pollard.
• Start J.K. Dobbins over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over J.K. Dobbins.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over J.K. Dobbins.