Should I start Bhayshul Tuten or J.K. Dobbins in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bhayshul Tuten, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Bhayshul Tuten's market-based projection is 13.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 62nd highest figure of the 232 players with a market-based projection.

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Bhayshul Tuten has been on the field for 55 percent of JAX snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 5 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 3.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against PHI he carried 22 times for 72 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he carried 12 times for 39 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 48 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 16 times for 104 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 55 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 8, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 38 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He carried 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 more yards.

That came to 5-6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 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.

Bhayshul Tuten was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 5.7 a game between them.

Bhayshul Tuten finished RB53 that year and J.K. Dobbins RB43.

J.K. Dobbins had 70 more carries than Bhayshul Tuten, 153 to 83.

J.K. Dobbins had 1 more catches than Bhayshul Tuten, 11 to 10.

This season Bhayshul Tuten holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 38 percent.

This season Bhayshul Tuten holds the bigger share of the carries, 57 percent against 50 percent.

Byes and availability

Bhayshul Tuten is off in Week 7 and J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

J.K. Dobbins has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.