Should I start J.K. Dobbins or Alvin Kamara in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 3.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

J.K. Dobbins's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 41 percent of DEN snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 8 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against SEA he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 6 times for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against KC he carried 7 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 35 percent of NO snaps, taken 28 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 2 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for -6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 7 times for 34 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PIT he carried 6 times for 5 yards, caught 7 of 7 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

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 Alvin Kamara played 11 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing RB46.

He carried 131 times for 471 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 33 of 39 targets for 186 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Alvin Kamara was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 2.4 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

J.K. Dobbins had 22 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 153 to 131.

Alvin Kamara had 22 more catches than J.K. Dobbins, 33 to 11.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 35 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 28 percent.

Byes and availability

J.K. Dobbins is off in Week 10 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.