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Tony Pollard or Will Shipley

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Tony Pollard

Tony Pollard

RB • Tennessee Titans TEN
Will Shipley

Will Shipley

RB • Philadelphia Eagles PHI
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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Pollard over Shipley

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Pollard ... 100%

BOTH ... 0%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 10.36
RUSH ATT RUSH YD RUSH TD REC REC YD REC TD FPTS
12.47 51.52 0.23 1.86 6.95 0 10.36
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Outlook Tony Pollard

Tony Pollard vs HOU — Lead Workload Facing Offensive Line Hurdles

Pollard enters Week 5 healthy and locked into the primary role in Tennessee's backfield, handling 33 carries across his past two outings while teammate Tyjae Spears has battled an ankle issue. Even with trade rumors quietly surfacing, Pollard remains the focal point on the ground for an offense searching for its first victory.

This week brings an uninspiring environment with a 38.5-point projected total against Houston, compounded by recent injuries to starting guards Fernando Carmona Jr. and Jackson Slater. Our weekly projection pegs Pollard for roughly 12 carries and 52 rushing yards (around 8.5 to 10 fantasy points), making him a viable flex option or RB2 despite capped upside.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Shipley over Pollard

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Shipley ... 0%

BOTH ... 0%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 2.8
RUSH ATT RUSH YD RUSH TD REC REC YD REC TD FPTS
1.7 6.6 0 1.2 7.2 0 2.8
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Tony Pollard
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
16483.01220
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
331223.716240
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Will Shipley
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
6233.80000
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
6233.801110
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Tony Pollard
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Will Shipley
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Tony Pollard
OWN
97%
+1.78 compared to last week
START
45%
+6.58 compared to last week
OWN/START Will Shipley
OWN
 
2%
+0.21 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.44 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Tony Pollard
27th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Will Shipley
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Tony Pollard

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts rank this player at 27th among RB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 28th with 30.50 total points (7.63 avg).
  • Currently 67.6 points behind the leader: Kenneth Walker
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.7 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 35 in receptions and is currently ranked 27th among RB.
  • Top 25 in targets and is currently ranked 21st among RB.
  • Top 20 in Rec TDs with 0 and is currently ranked 17th among RB.
  • Ranked 116th in targets and is currently among RB.
  • Top 6 in red zone attempts and is currently ranked 6th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 25 in rush attempts with 54 (13.50 per game) and is currently ranked 22nd among RB.
  • Top 20 in rush yards with 221 (55.25 per game) and is currently ranked 20th among RB.
  • Top 35 in rush tds with 1 (0.25 per game) and is currently ranked 31st among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: -40, Rush AVG: +0.3 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: +2, Rec Yards: -31 Rec TDs: EVEN,

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 220, RUSH YDS: 910, RUSH TDS: 6, REC: 15, REC YDS: 100, REC TDS: 0
Breakdown Will Shipley

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts don't even rank him among RB's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 67th with 7.50 total points (1.88 avg).
  • Currently 90.6 points behind the leader: Kenneth Walker

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 50 in receptions and is currently ranked 47th among RB.
  • Top 50 in targets and is currently ranked 46th among RB.
  • Top 50 in Rec TDs with 0 and is currently ranked 50th among RB.
  • Ranked 114th in targets and is currently among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 75 in rush yards with 51 (12.75 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 58th among RB.
  • He is top 100 in rush tds with 0 (0.00 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 89th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +25, Rush AVG: -5.3 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: +4, Rec Yards: +24 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
  • You do realize that this guy has no rushing touchdowns right?

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 9, RUSH YDS: 40, RUSH TDS: 0, REC: 11, REC YDS: 83, REC TDS: 0
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Tony Pollard

No Injury Reported

Injury Will Shipley

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Tony Pollard

Week 5
Tennessee Titans VS Houston Texans

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
27.25361.50311404.15
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 7th among DST's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 21st with 17.00 total points (4.25 avg).
  • Currently 31 points behind the leader: Vikings DST
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.1 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 4 in rush defense with 335 (83.75 per game) and is currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Ranked 30th in pass defense with 1111 (277.75 per game).
  • Top 4 in sacks with 14 (3.50 per game) and currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • One of the worst in points against with 27.25 per game and currently ranked 27th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 15th in Total TDs with 0 (0.00 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +190.21, Turnovers: -8 Sacks: -8, INTs: -9, TDs: -2, Points Allowed: +13.25,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 48, INT: 15, TDS: 3, PA/G: 18.4, YDS/G: 294.6
Matchups Will Shipley

Week 5
Philadelphia Eagles @ Jacksonville Jaguars

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
13.25365.75861003.68
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 14th among DST's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 2nd with 39.00 total points (9.75 avg).
  • Currently 9 points behind the leader: Vikings DST
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.1 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 4 in turnovers with 8 (2.00 per game) and is currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Top 2 in rush defense with 297 (74.25 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Ranked 31st in pass defense with 1166 (291.50 per game).
  • Top 12 in sacks with 10 (2.50 per game) and currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Top 4 in interceptions with 6 (1.50 per game) and currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Top 2 in points against with 13.25 per game and currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Currently ranked 26th in Total TDs with 0 (0.00 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +37, Turnovers: -5 Sacks: +3, INTs: -3, TDs: -1, Points Allowed: -4.75,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 27, INT: 13, TDS: 5, PA/G: 21, YDS/G: 322.6
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Tony Pollard
17.54
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Will Shipley
0.48
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Tony Pollard
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2019 DAL 14 86 455 5.3 2 20 15 107 7.1 1
2020 DAL 16 101 435 4.3 4 40 28 193 6.9 1
2021 DAL 15 130 719 5.5 2 46 39 337 8.6 0
2022 DAL 16 193 1007 5.2 9 55 39 371 9.5 3
2023 DAL 16 252 1005 4.0 6 67 55 311 5.7 0
2024 TEN 16 260 1079 4.2 5 57 41 238 5.8 0
2025 TEN 16 253 1102 4.4 5 46 37 227 6.1 0
2026 TEN 4 54 221 4.1 1 11 8 24 3.0 0
ON PACE 18 243 995 4.1 5 50 36 108 3.0 0
3-YEAR AVG 17 260 1081 4.2 6 60 47 268 5.8 0
Totals 119 1365 6178 4.5 35 357 274 1860 6.8 5
Career Will Shipley
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2024 PHI 5 30 82 2.7 0 4 4 35 8.8 0
2025 PHI 11 14 49 3.5 0 12 9 56 6.2 0
2026 PHI 4 15 51 3.4 0 6 4 24 6.0 0
ON PACE 18 68 230 3.4 0 27 18 108 6.0 0
3-YEAR AVG 6 16 69 4.3 0 5 4 30 7.0 0
Totals 22 63 259 4.1 1 23 18 121 6.7 0
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CHI vs STL 8:00 PM EST
DET vs OTT 7:00 PM EST
FLA @LA 10:00 PM EST
NJ vs UTA 7:00 PM EST
NSH @TOR 7:00 PM EST
NYI @NYR 7:30 PM EST
SEA vs VGK 9:40 PM EST