Start Woody Marks or Tony Pollard? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 12:06 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Tony Pollard over Woody Marks
Pollard projects lower, 13.0 to 14.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 68 for Pollard, 151 for Marks.

- Market projects
- 13.0
- recent weeks avg
- JAX D vs RB
- 17.7
- 2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 62%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 8

- Market projects
- 14.3
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs RB
- 21.3
- 16th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 62%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop Woody Marks for Tony Pollard?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tony Pollard projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), Woody Marks 73 (9.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Tony Pollard over Woody Marks.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Tony Pollard over Woody Marks in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Tony Pollard at 13.0 points and Woody Marks at 14.3, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Tony Pollard still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 68 against 151, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Tony Pollard this week yet, so his 13.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (12.5 and 13.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Woody Marks this week yet, so his 14.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (14.8 and 13.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 10 player market is posted for Woody Marks yet. His market-based projections were 14.8 and 13.9 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 14.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
No Week 10 player market is posted for Tony Pollard yet. His market-based projections were 12.5 and 13.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 13.0, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 0-1 touchdowns (7 market sources).
That puts Woody Marks 1.3 points ahead of Tony Pollard on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
Woody Marks and HOU visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 21.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 9 games, the 16th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 115 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 18 more yards.
Tony Pollard and TEN host JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
JAX allowed 17.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 68 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX and caught passes for 33 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Woody Marks has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Woody Marks is not on the injury report.
Tony Pollard is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, Woody Marks played 62 percent of HOU snaps, took 50 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.
Woody Marks, Week 5 against TEN: 56 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 62 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 23 yards.
Woody Marks, Week 6 against JAX: 49 of 63 snaps, 15 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 25 yards.
Woody Marks, Week 7 against NYG: 54 of 61 snaps, 19 carries for 66 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards.
Woody Marks, Week 9 against LAC: 46 of 70 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.
Through Week 8, Tony Pollard played 62 percent of TEN snaps, took 71 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.
Tony Pollard, Week 5 against HOU: 30 of 63 snaps, 14 carries for 52 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Tony Pollard, Week 6 against IND: 35 of 46 snaps, 19 carries for 76 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Tony Pollard, Week 7 against CLE: 47 of 63 snaps, 25 carries for 129 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards, 3 touchdowns.
Tony Pollard, Week 8 against CIN: 63 of 77 snaps, 21 carries for 117 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.
He ran 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 yards.
He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
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 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Woody Marks for Tony Pollard?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tony Pollard projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), Woody Marks 73 (9.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Tony Pollard over Woody Marks.
Should I drop Tony Pollard for Woody Marks?
No. Keep Tony Pollard: he projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 8 games), Woody Marks 73 (9.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Tony Pollard over Woody Marks.
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Week 10 on the board
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- Is Tony Pollard playing Week 10?
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