Too close to call: Tony Pollard (11.2) and Emeka Egbuka (11.1) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and Tony Pollard faces the 2nd-toughest defense against RBs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Tony Pollard RB · TEN | Emeka Egbuka WR · TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 11.2 | 11.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 9.1 | 11.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 13.4 | 11.1 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs CLE | Bye |
| Opponent vs. position | 2nd-toughest (16.2 pts/g allowed) | — |
| Recent usage | 73% carry share (last 3) | 32% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · WR3 |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Tony Pollard projects for 11.2 PPR points and Emeka Egbuka for 11.1, within 0.1 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 11.2 PPR points for Tony Pollard and 11.1 for Emeka Egbuka.
The sources range from 9.1 to 13.4 for Pollard and from 11.1 to 11.1 for Egbuka. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Emeka Egbuka is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Egbuka at 11.1 PPR points, against 9.1 for Tony Pollard.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tony Pollard has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Pollard at 13.4 PPR points, against 11.1 for Emeka Egbuka.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tony Pollard plays CLE and Emeka Egbuka is on a bye in Week 7.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Tony Pollard has drawn 73% of his team's carries, and Emeka Egbuka 32% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Emeka Egbuka.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Tony Pollard has no injury designation, and Emeka Egbuka is on a bye.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Tony Pollard is projected by 5 of them and Emeka Egbuka by 1.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.