Fantasy Football Player Notes

Tony Pollard missed practice on Wednesday (ankle). Tyjae Spears also sustained an ankle injury last week. Pollard seems to be the healthier of the two. Pollard returned to limited practice sessions on Thursday and Friday. Spears didn't practice until Friday of this week and only logged a limited session. Pollard doesn't carry an injury designation into this week, while Spears is questionable. Pollard has handled five of the team's seven running back red zone rushing attempts this season. Last week, he finished with 15 touches and 65 total yards with a 52.9% snap rate, 48.3% of the rushing attempts, a 37.5% route share, and a 5% target share. On a per-touch basis, Pollard has been awesome through two games. Among 43 qualifying backs, he is tenth in explosive run rate, eighth in yards after contact per attempt, and ninth in missed tackle rate. Pollard could have a strong RB2 week against a porous Giants' run defense that has allowed the fourth-highest explosive run rate, the second-highest rushing success rate, and the ninth-highest missed tackle rate.

Carnell Tate has been a nonfactor in fantasy through two games. Cam Ward's play has been dreadful. Tate is the WR58 in fantasy points per game. Tate has a 21.2% target share, 1.27 YPRR, zero red zone targets, zero deep targets, and a 30.3% first-read share. Maybe this is the Ward and Tate breakout game, but it's tough to have enough faith in that to plug him into a ton of lineups (outside of deep leagues). The Giants have allowed the fifth-most yards per target and fantasy points per opportunity to perimeter wide receivers.

Wan'Dale Robinson has had a horrible start to his 2026 season. This can be attributed to Cam Ward's struggles. Robinson has only a 13.5% target share (4.29 aDOT), 0.96 YPRR, zero red zone or deep targets, and a 15.2% first-read share. Robinson is a low aDOT option again in a struggling passing offense, and he doesn't have any high-leverage usage. Robinson is a sit this week until he shows something, and he's droppable depending on the options on your waiver wire.