Two players, one answer.
Rico Dowdle vs Tony Pollard
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Tony Pollard · 12.3 to 8.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Tony Pollard by 18% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 66% held up in 2025
Lean Tony Pollard
On Sleeper's projections, Tony Pollard is projected 3.5 points ahead of Rico Dowdle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 66% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · TEN
Tony Pollard
12.3 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
12.5 a game this season · last 3: 5.2, 7.6, 36.5
RB · PIT
Rico Dowdle
8.8 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
8.3 a game this season · last 3: 6.4, 7.9, 14.6
What the call rests on
- Tony Pollard: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 8:00 AM ET
- Rico Dowdle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 8:00 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 8:09 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 8:09 AM 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 | Pollard | Dowdle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 12.3 | 8.8 |
| Half PPR | 11.5 | 7.9 |
| Standard | 10.6 | 7 |
What could change it before kickoff
Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.
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%.