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Trade Drake Maye for Tony Pollard? Close to even, 14 to 22.

Close to even. On rest-of-season value Drake Maye is 14 and Tony Pollard is 22, a 8 point edge to Pollard that sits inside the 8 points these values cannot separate. Take the one your lineup is short of. Maye rates 17.8 market points a game with 11 games left, Pollard 9.9 with 11. On usage, Maye has thrown 29.3 passes and run 4.8 times a game; Pollard has 60 percent of TEN carries and 10 percent of its targets. Maye hosts NYJ in Week 6 (5th 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.

Drake Maye 1422 Tony Pollard

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Drake Maye

QB6NE

14

value, #68

Pts/game
17.8
Games left
11
Bye
11
Drake Maye weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
17.717.818.5

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

Maye is the 6th quarterback on the chart and 68th overall. His 17.8 a game is 1.3 above the replacement quarterback's 16.5, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 11, which is how he comes to 14.

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 Drake Maye at 17.7 in Week 3, 17.8 in Week 4 and 18.5 in Week 5, a median of 17.8 points a game, up 0.9 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

Drake Maye has scored 94.2 PPR points in 5 games, 18.8 a game, 1.0 a game more than the 17.8 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished QB2 with 360.0 PPR points in 17 games, 21.2 a game.

Week 1 vs SEA: 12.8 points (QB23 that week), 178 passing yards, 1 touchdown pass, 47 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs PIT: 9.0 points (QB25 that week), 208 passing yards, 0 touchdown passes, 17 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs JAX: 5.8 points (QB32 that week), 199 passing yards, 0 touchdown passes, 18 rushing yards, 81 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs BUF: 27.2 points (QB1 that week), 269 passing yards, 3 touchdown passes, 54 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs LV: 39.5 points (QB1 that week), 374 passing yards, 4 touchdown passes, 25 rushing yards.

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, Drake Maye has averaged 29.3 attempts, 214 passing yards and 1.0 touchdown passes a game, with 4.8 runs for 35 yards on 95 percent of the snaps.

In Week 4 against BUF he went 22 of 37 for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns.

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. Drake Maye has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 11; Tony Pollard has 11 games with his bye in Week 9.

NYJ, Maye's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 13.7 PPR points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 5th 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 Drake Maye for Tony Pollard?

    It is close to even: Drake Maye is 14 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, Drake Maye or Tony Pollard?

    Tony Pollard, 22 to 14. He rates 9.9 market points a game over 11 games left, against 17.8 over 11 for Drake Maye, 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.

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