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Usage comparison · Running backs

Bucky Irving vs Tony Pollard

Tony Pollard gets more of his team's runs (60% vs 57%), while Bucky Irving gets more of his team's passes (12% vs 10%). In total, though, Bucky Irving has more carries (77 vs 54). Bucky Irving has played 5 games and Tony Pollard 4 games. Near the end zone, they have had the same number of chances (17 plays within 20 yards), but Tony Pollard gets a bigger share of his team's chances there (43% vs 38%). Bucky Irving is scoring more fantasy points a game (15.7 vs 9.6, PPR), though their chances usually score the same: 14.0 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–5 · Updated Oct 9, 2026

RBTB

Bucky Irving
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
15.7
Expected points per gameEst.
14.0

5 games with a target, carry or dropback

RBTEN

Tony Pollard
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
9.6
Expected points per gameEst.
14.0

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 4. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.
Bucky Irving and Tony Pollard, season usage side by side
StatBucky IrvingTony Pollard
Games54
Passes thrown to him
Targets1811
Target share12%10%
Catches158
Receiving yards7124
Runs
Carries7754
Carry share57%60%
Rushing yards406221
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances1717
Red-zone share38%43%
Goal-line runs16
End-zone targets00
Touchdowns
Touchdowns31
Expected touchdownsEst.2.23.3
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)15.79.6
Fantasy points (PPR)78.738.5
Expected points per gameEst.14.014.0
Points vs expectedEst.+2.1−4.4

Week by week

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Carry share by week

Out of all his team's runs in his games, the part he got.

  • Bucky Irving
  • Tony Pollard

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Carry share by week
WeekBucky IrvingTony Pollard
140%against CIN50%against NYJ
268%against CLE48%against PHI
371%against MIN81%against NYG
452%against GB62%against BAL
554%against DAL— no game with a target, carry or dropback

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.
Leaderboard ranks for Bucky Irving and Tony Pollard
LeaderboardBucky IrvingTony Pollard
Carry share leaders#17of 66 running backs#14of 66 running backs
Target share leaders#14of 29 running backs#21of 29 running backs
Red-zone share leaders#12of 58 running backs#9of 58 running backs
Red-zone opportunity leaders#8of 108 running backs#10of 108 running backs
Goal-line carry leaders#36of 108 running backs#12of 108 running backs
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.#18of 108 running backs#19of 108 running backs

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.

Bucky Irving

No talking points for him in this week's report.

Tony Pollard

Touchdowns below usage

Tony Pollard has scored 1 touchdown on opportunities that usually produce 3.3, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns
1
Expected touchdownsEst.
3.3
Expected PPR per gameEst.
14.0
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
−4.4

Weeks 1–4 · 4 games

  • Model estimate, not a forecast: v1 predicts about as well as raw points.

Red-zone role

Tony Pollard has 17 of TEN's 40 red-zone opportunities (43%), including 6 carries inside the 5.

Red-zone opportunities
17
Team red-zone opportunities
40
Red-zone share
43%
Carries inside the 5
6

Weeks 1–4 · 4 games

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