Who Should I Start? Tony Pollard or Elijah Mitchell

Thursday, November 30, 11:52 PM

Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard scored another touchdown in a Week 13 win over the Seattle Seahawks. Pollard has now scored in three straight games and has quickly shot back into the fantasy RB1 ranks after a rough start to the season. In this game, Pollard ran the ball 20 times for 68 yards and added three catches on four targets for an additional 15 yards. His touchdown came on a six-yard run in the third quarter, and now that he's turned things back on, he should be a solid RB1 option most weeks going forward.

Saturday, December 2, 3:39 AM

San Francisco 49ers running back Elijah Mitchell carried the football seven times for 39 yards in the team's 31-13 Thanksgiving day defeat of the Seattle Seahawks. Over the past six games, Mitchell has 25 carries for 84 yards, an average of 3.4 yards per tote. Only 12 of those carries have come outside of garbage time and he's only been targeted twice in the passing game. Mitchell also remains stuck on zero touchdowns for the year. Christian McCaffrey's continued workhorse role means that Mitchell remains unplayable this week at Philadelphia but fantasy managers who have clinched a playoff berth and have a potential weakness at RB or FLEX would be wise to stash Mitchell in case McCaffrey misses time.