Two players, one answer.

D'Andre Swift vs Tony Pollard

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

D'Andre Swift · Tony Pollard

Week 8 · Half PPR · 52% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Tony Pollard is projected 0.5 points ahead of D'Andre Swift. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.

RB · TEN

Tony Pollard

13.7 projected

@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

11.8 a game this season · last 3: 5.2, 7.6, 35

RB · CHI

D'Andre Swift

13.2 projected

@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET

16 a game this season · last 3: 15.3, 21, 17

What the call rests on

  • Tony Pollard: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 3:20 PM ET
  • D'Andre Swift: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 3:20 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 3:28 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 3:28 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
Same projections, scoredPollardSwift
PPR14.914.7
Half PPR13.713.2
Standard12.511.8

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0.5 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
  • Tony Pollard plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before D'Andre Swift's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.