J.K. Dobbins or Aaron Rodgers: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Rodgers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price J.K. Dobbins at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Aaron Rodgers at 16.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Aaron Rodgers's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 40 percent of DEN snaps, taken 53 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he carried 10 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 17 times for 49 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 11 times for 40 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 99 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 167 times and thrown 9.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 30 of 167 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 2 against NE he completed 23 of 39 passes for 187 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he completed 19 of 33 passes for 292 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 12 yards.

In Week 4 against CLE he completed 22 of 40 passes for 299 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers played 16 games and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He threw for 3322 yards on 498 attempts with 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 31.1 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Aaron Rodgers was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers scored 14.6 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 3.0 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 and Aaron Rodgers QB18, which are two different ladders.

J.K. Dobbins is a running back and Aaron Rodgers a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

J.K. Dobbins is off in Week 10 and Aaron Rodgers in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Aaron Rodgers is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.