Tony Pollard Week 3 Outlook - Colts at Titans

By Pat Fitzmaurice (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 23rd 2021, 7:21pm EDT

It seems like we've been subjected to a wave of Pollard-mania this week. He's a talented dude, no question. I wouldn't knock him because I have him on a bunch of teams, both dynasty and redraft. But just consider the case of the starter vs. the relief pitcher in baseball. The starter has to apportion his energy in a sensible way, making sure he has enough high-octane stuff left in the tank for the middle innings, occasionally using guile and cunning in place of pure velocity. The relief pitcher can come in and throw fastballs as hard as he can because he only has to do it for 15-20 pitches. There might be a similar dynamic at work with Zeke and Pollard, so I don't want to be too quick to jump on the "Pollard is better" train. I did find it interesting that Pollard either took a handoff or was targeted with a pass on 16 of his 21 snaps in Week 2. When he's in the game, the Cowboys want to let him pump those 100 mph fastballs.