Start Woody Marks or Tony Pollard? Week 6
Start Tony Pollard over Woody Marks
Pollard projects lower, 11.1 to 12.0, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 68 for Pollard, 151 for Marks.
- Market projects
- 11.1
- fantasy pts
- IND D vs RB
- 26.8
- 5th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 52%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 12.0
- fantasy pts
- JAX D vs RB
- 16.3
- 3rd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 53%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 5
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Our Week 6 call
Start Tony Pollard over Woody Marks in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Tony Pollard at 11.1 points and Woody Marks at 12.0, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Tony Pollard at ADP 68 and Woody Marks at 151.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 12.0 fantasy points for Woody Marks, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Woody Marks is 46 rushing yards, 16 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (12, 13, 13 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Tony Pollard, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Tony Pollard is 57 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 11, 11 and 13 market sources).
That puts Woody Marks 0.9 points ahead of Tony Pollard on the market projections.
Week 6 matchups
Woody Marks and HOU visit JAX on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
JAX allowed 16.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 42 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against JAX and caught passes for 40 more yards.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Tony Pollard 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 6
Through Week 5, Woody Marks played 53 percent of HOU snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.
Woody Marks, Week 2 against CIN: 38 of 80 snaps, 8 carries for 8 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.
Woody Marks, Week 3 against IND: 20 of 54 snaps, 5 carries for 15 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.
Woody Marks, Week 4 against DAL: 24 of 55 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.
Woody Marks, Week 5 against TEN: 56 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 62 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 23 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, 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 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB19 · HOU · bye 8
2026 vs carries line 3-2
- Overall rank
- 50
- Draft pick
- no draft data
- Tier
- 8
Ranked behind
RB25 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs carries line 3-2
- Overall rank
- 63
- Draft pick
- no draft data
- Tier
- 8
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board13
- Draft positionno current draft data for both
- Tiersboth in tier 8
- Board size326 draftable players
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