Ashton Jeanty or J.K. Dobbins: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Ashton Jeanty's market-based projection is 16.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

J.K. Dobbins's market-based projection is 9.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ashton Jeanty: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 72 percent of LV snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 7 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he carried 19 times for 56 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 10 times for 27 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 42 percent of DEN snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 6 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Ashton Jeanty was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty scored 14.4 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 2.8 a game between them.

Ashton Jeanty finished RB11 that year and J.K. Dobbins RB43.

Ashton Jeanty had 113 more carries than J.K. Dobbins, 266 to 153.

Ashton Jeanty had 44 more catches than J.K. Dobbins, 55 to 11.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 42 percent.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 56 percent.

Byes and availability

Ashton Jeanty is off in Week 13 and J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

6.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.