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Tony Pollard
PHI

RBs vs Philadelphia Eagles

As of Week 2 · through 1 game · PPR

Tony Pollard
Comparing
Tony Pollard vs the Eagles
Projection 9.5 pts · 2 games played this season
Flex

Showing every RB who had a role in each game.

Pts / game allowed
18.9
to all RBs
Rank
20
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
-19%
lg avg 23.2
WkTeamPlayerSlotCarRuYdRuTDTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1WASWASJacory Croskey-MerrittRB11663111-7012.6
Rachaad WhiteRB2722022504.7
Kaytron AllenRB3416000001.6
Average9.033.70.31.01.0-0.70.06.3
Median7.022.00.01.01.00.00.04.7
High16631225012.6
Low416000-701.6

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

Prediction for Tony Pollard

Nobody knows which slot Tony Pollard will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Eagles.

If Tony Pollard plays as
8.5
projected PPR points

I predict about 8.5 points for Tony Pollard if playing as a RB2. Tony Pollard has averaged 4.4 over 1 game, and the Eagles have given up 4.7 to RB2s (-10% vs the league average of 5.2).

How this projection is built

1. The player. Tony Pollard scored: Wk 1 4.4. Average 4.4; weighted toward recent games it is 8.8.

2. The defense. Over 1 game, the Eagles allowed 4.7 points to their opponent's RB2. The league average for that slot is 5.2, so that is -10%.

3. Trusting small samples less. With 1 defensive game, only 25% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -2% adjustment (x0.98).

4. Result. 8.8 x 0.98 = 8.5. Switching slots only changes step 2 and 3: the player's own numbers stay the same, but each slot faces a different defensive average.

It is a statistical model, not knowledge of injuries, game script or weather.

Chance to score

Type a point total to see how likely Tony Pollard is to reach it as a RB2.

39%
chance of 9+ PPR points
Why this percentage?

The projection (8.5) is the middle of the range. Fantasy scores swing a lot from game to game, so the model spreads possible scores around it by about 5.1 points, leaning on Tony Pollard's own game-to-game swings once there are several games (and on typical RB swings before that).

Scores are modelled as right-skewed, since a big game is possible but a very negative one is not. The percentage is the share of that spread at or above 9.

With only 1 game of history, treat this as a rough gauge. It gets sharper as the season goes on. It is never lower than 1% or higher than 99%.

Insights

  • all RBs have averaged 9.0 carries, 33.7 rushing yards and 1.0 receptions per player-game against the Eagles across 1 game.
  • The Eagles allow 18.9 PPR points to the position per game, -19% versus the league average of 23.2 (ranked 20 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
  • Outlier: Week 1, Jacory Croskey-Merritt (12.6 pts, 16 car, 63 rush yds) sits far above the other games and pulls the averages up. Average with it vs without it: pts 6.3 vs 3.2; car 9.0 vs 5.5; rush yds 33.7 vs 19.0. The table above keeps the raw averages.
  • Outlier: Week 1, Kaytron Allen (1.6 pts, 4 car) sits far below the other games and drags the averages down. Average with it vs without it: pts 6.3 vs 8.7; car 9.0 vs 11.5. The table above keeps the raw averages.
  • 1 of 3 player-games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 1.6 to 12.6 (median 4.7).
  • all RBs scored a touchdown in 1 of 3 player-games (33%).
  • Small sample: only 1 game so far. Treat these numbers as directional, not settled.

Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.

What do these columns mean?
Wk
Week of the season
Tgt
Targets (passes thrown to the player)
Rec
Receptions
ReYd
Receiving yards
ReTD
Receiving touchdowns
Car
Carries (rushing attempts)
RuYd
Rushing yards
RuTD
Rushing touchdowns
Cmp / Att
Completions and pass attempts
PaYd / PaTD
Passing yards and touchdowns
INT
Interceptions thrown
FGM / FGA
Field goals made and attempted
FPts
Fantasy points in your scoring format
Sck / TO
Defense: sacks and takeaways
PA
Points allowed by a defense
G
Games in the sample
vs Lg
Percent above or below the league average
Start / Sit · Tony Pollard
Flex9.5 proj pts
Medium confidence

Tony Pollard usually plays as the team's RB2, so the verdict uses the RB2 numbers, not the slot selected above.

  • Tony Pollard averages 6.0 PPR points over 2 games (recent-weighted 6.1) and has played as the team's RB2.
  • The Eagles have allowed 6.1 points to RB2s over 2 games (+28% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a +11% adjustment.
  • Last season's average (10.9) is blended in at 50% weight because this season's sample is small.
  • Projection: 9.5 points.
  • For reference, a typical weekly starter-level RB scores about 12.2 and a top-tier one about 20.0.
  • A statistical model from box scores, Vegas lines, weather and injury tags. It cannot see role changes or in-game events.

Tony Pollard's stats vs the Eagles

Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Eagles, plus a projection for this game.

What is this table?

Rows at the top are every game Tony Pollard has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.

Compare against picks which group of Eagles opponents to line them up with: the best RB they faced in each game (1), the second best (2), the third best (3), or all of the top three. Nobody knows which slot Tony Pollard will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.

Eagles avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Tony Pollard's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Tony Pollard usually produces.

Projected is Tony Pollard's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Eagles were to the slot you picked. Change the slot and the projected points change, because each slot has a different matchup adjustment. Picking Top 3 uses the usual-role projection.

Compare against
WkOppCarRuYdRuTDTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1NYJ735021-104.4
2PHI1464011107.5
Pollard avg10.549.50.01.51.00.00.06.0
Eagles All avg9.033.70.31.01.0-0.70.06.3
Difference-1.5-15.8+0.3-0.5+0.0-0.7+0.0+0.4
Projected11.755.10.01.71.10.00.09.5

Difference is what the defense allows minus what Pollard averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.