Two players, one answer.
Rashee Rice vs Tony Pollard
This week
Toss-up · 12.6 to 12.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Rashee Rice by 29% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Rashee Rice by 60% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Rashee Rice is projected 0.4 points ahead of Tony Pollard. 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.
WR · KC
Rashee Rice
12.6 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable
12.7 a game this season · last 3: 9.9, 12.3, 15.8
RB · TEN
Tony Pollard
12.2 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
12.5 a game this season · last 3: 5.2, 7.6, 36.5
- Rashee Rice is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Rashee Rice: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 9:40 PM ET
- Tony Pollard: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 9:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 9:57 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 9:57 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, scored | Rice | Pollard |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 12.6 | 12.2 |
| Half PPR | 10.4 | 11.4 |
| Standard | 8.1 | 10.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Rashee Rice's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Tony Pollard is the start.
- A projection update of 0.4 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.
- In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Tony Pollard 11.4, Rashee Rice 10.4.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Tony Pollard 10.5, Rashee Rice 8.1.
- Tony Pollard plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Rashee Rice's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with 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%.