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Trade Dak Prescott for Tony Pollard? Close to even, 17 to 22.

Close to even. On rest-of-season value Dak Prescott is 17 and Tony Pollard is 22, a 5 point edge to Pollard that sits inside the 8 points these values cannot separate. Take the one your lineup is short of. Prescott rates 18.0 market points a game with 11 games left, Pollard 9.9 with 11. On usage, Prescott has thrown 37.5 passes and run 3.0 times a game; Pollard has 60 percent of TEN carries and 10 percent of its targets. Prescott is at GB in Week 6 (12th fewest points allowed to QBs); Pollard is at IND in Week 6 (10th most points allowed to RBs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Close to even.

Dak Prescott 1722 Tony Pollard

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Dak Prescott

QB5DAL

17

value, #64

Pts/game
18.0
Games left
11
Bye
14
Dak Prescott weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
17.818.022.0

Tony Pollard

RB26TEN

22

value, #61

Pts/game
9.9
Games left
11
Bye
9
Tony Pollard weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
9.99.99.6

Where the values come from

Prescott is the 5th quarterback on the chart and 64th overall. His 18.0 a game is 1.5 above the replacement quarterback's 16.5, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 14, which is how he comes to 17.

Pollard is the 26th running back on the chart and 61st overall. His 9.9 a game is 2.0 above the replacement running back's 7.9, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 9, which is how he comes to 22.

The weekly market prices

The market priced Dak Prescott at 17.8 in Week 3, 18.0 in Week 4 and 22.0 in Week 5, a median of 18.0 points a game, up 4.2 from his first frozen week to his latest.

The market priced Tony Pollard at 9.9 in Week 3, 9.9 in Week 4 and 9.6 in Week 5, a median of 9.9 points a game, flat across them.

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Points so far against the price

Dak Prescott has scored 96.8 PPR points in 5 games, 19.4 a game, 1.4 a game more than the 18.0 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished QB6 with 323.8 PPR points in 17 games, 19.0 a game.

Week 1 vs NYG: 15.4 points (QB19 that week), 175 passing yards, 2 touchdown passes, 14 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs WAS: 29.8 points (QB3 that week), 279 passing yards, 4 touchdown passes, 26 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs BAL: 18.9 points (QB19 that week), 276 passing yards, 1 touchdown pass, 19 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs HOU: 18.1 points (QB12 that week), 335 passing yards, 1 touchdown pass, 7 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs TB: 14.6 points (QB15 that week), 316 passing yards, 1 touchdown pass.

Tony Pollard has scored 43.7 PPR points in 5 games, 8.7 a game, 1.2 a game less than the 9.9 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished RB23 with 185.8 PPR points in 17 games, 10.9 a game.

Week 1 vs NYJ: 4.4 points (RB44 that week), 35 rushing yards on 7 carries, 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards, 52 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs PHI: 7.5 points (RB37 that week), 64 rushing yards on 14 carries, 1 of 1 target for 1 yards, 55 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs NYG: 13.6 points (RB16 that week), 74 rushing yards on 17 carries, 4 of 4 targets for 22 yards, 53 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs BAL: 13.0 points (RB24 that week), 48 rushing yards on 16 carries, 2 of 4 targets for 2 yards, 1 touchdown, 53 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs HOU: 5.2 points (RB34 that week), 52 rushing yards on 14 carries, 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, Dak Prescott has averaged 37.5 attempts, 266 passing yards and 2.0 touchdown passes a game, with 3.0 runs for 17 yards on 100 percent of the snaps.

In Week 4 against HOU he went 32 of 45 for 335 yards and 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Tony Pollard has averaged 13.5 carries for 55 yards and 2.8 targets and 2.0 catches for 6 yards a game on 53 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 17 times inside the 20, 43 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 1 touchdown in 4 games.

In Week 4 against BAL he had 16 carries and 4 targets on 53 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. Dak Prescott has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 14; Tony Pollard has 11 games with his bye in Week 9.

GB, Prescott's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 16.0 PPR points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 12th fewest to QBs of 32.

IND, Pollard's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 24.2 PPR points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 10th most to RBs of 32.

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Common questions

  • Should I trade Dak Prescott for Tony Pollard?

    It is close to even: Dak Prescott is 17 and Tony Pollard is 22 on rest-of-season value, inside the 8 points the values cannot separate. Take the one who starts for you.

  • Who has more rest-of-season value, Dak Prescott or Tony Pollard?

    Tony Pollard, 22 to 17. He rates 9.9 market points a game over 11 games left, against 18.0 over 11 for Dak Prescott, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.

  • How are these trade values calculated?

    Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

By the Parlae deskValues updated Oct 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number