Head to head · July 2026 draft-day read
Tony Pollard or Rhamondre Stevenson?
Rhamondre Stevenson was the stronger 2025 producer — 11.6 vs 10.0 half-PPR points per game, at essentially the same July 2026 draft cost (ADP 71.3 vs 77.2). That gap was the draft-day case for Rhamondre Stevenson.
This week's projections are in the Week 9 start/sit card below. The July 2026 draft-day read that follows is opinion, framed from the cited 2025 data.
This week's start/sit · Half-PPR
Week 9: start Tony Pollard or Rhamondre Stevenson?
Rhamondre Stevenson by default: Tony Pollard is on bye in Week 9.
Rhamondre Stevenson projects for 10.6 pts.
-
RB · NE
Rhamondre Stevenson
10.6 pts projected · range 3.4–19.6
-
Can't start · Bye
Tony Pollard
TEN is on bye in Week 9 — can't start.
2026 season · the games so far
2026 head-to-head so far
Through Week 8, Tony Pollard has out-scored Rhamondre Stevenson by 2.2 PPR points per game, 14.6 to 12.4 (8 games each).
Through Week 8 · Week 8 in progress — 13 of 14 games final · nflverse stats as of
Tony Pollard · Week 8 injury report Injury report — not injury related: resting player, full practice
| Tony Pollard | Metric | Rhamondre Stevenson |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Games | 8 |
| 14.6 | PPR points per game | 12.4 |
| 16.6 | Carries per game | 12.0 |
| 9% | Target share | 12% |
| 62% | Snap share | 65% |
| 24.3 | PPR points per game, last 3 games | 12.7 |
Purple marks the higher figure. Shares are team-relative, averaged per game; snap share counts only games with a published snap count. "Last 3 games" is each player's own last 3 games played. A dash means no 2026 figure. 2026 regular season via nflverse.
Game by game: Tony Pollard · Rhamondre Stevenson
Draft-day record · July 2026
The July 2026 draft-day read
This is the July 2026 pre-draft read, kept as published. Every ADP and market figure on this page comes from the Fantasy Football Calculator snapshot of Jul 15, 2026 and is not updated in-season — 2026 drafts are over and ADP has stopped moving. In-season tools
Metric by metric
The tale of the tape
| Tony Pollard | Metric | Rhamondre Stevenson |
|---|---|---|
| 71.3 (RB28) | Draft ADP (July 2026) | 77.2 (RB29) |
| 73 | Overall ADP rank (July 2026) | 77 |
| 10.0 | Fantasy points / game | 11.6 |
| 7.6% | Target share | — |
| 4.9% | Target share, last 3 games (2025) | — |
| 63 | Sleeper search rank (July 2026) | 58 |
Purple marks the better figure. A dash means the engine did not cite that metric for that player. 2025 regular season via nflverse · ADP via Fantasy Football Calculator, Jul 15, 2026 snapshot.
The consensus read
July 2026 drafts separated them by a hair — Tony Pollard at ADP 71.3, Rhamondre Stevenson at ADP 77.2. On 2025 production it is 10.0 vs 11.6 half-PPR points per game.
What had to be true
This call flipped on beliefs that were checkable at the time. Every belief was tied to a checkpoint: the exact data point that would confirm or deny it, with its value at the time of the July 2026 read.
-
Checkpoint · Tony Pollard
Target share, last 3 games vs season (2025)
4.9% last 3 vs 7.6% season (2025) · as of July 2026
Strong move if you believed
Tony Pollard's late-2025 target dip was matchup noise, not a role change
Poor move if instead
Tony Pollard's target share is fading from the season baseline
Sources: Fantasy Football Calculator · Sleeper · nflverse. Every figure here is a value the analysis engine cited from the underlying data. Stats are 2025 regular season via nflverse (CC-BY 4.0); ADP via Fantasy Football Calculator (Jul 15, 2026 snapshot, not updated in-season).
FantasyTools analysis is opinion for entertainment purposes only — not betting, financial, or professional advice.