Should I start Breece Hall or J.K. Dobbins in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Breece Hall, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Breece Hall is 3.7 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.

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 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.

Breece Hall's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Breece Hall has been on the field for 57 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 4 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he carried 22 times for 102 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against GB he carried 16 times for 29 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DET he carried 13 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Breece Hall played 16 games and scored 207.7 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing RB19.

He carried 243 times for 1065 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 350 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 64 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.

Breece Hall was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Breece Hall scored 13.0 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 1.4 a game between them.

Breece Hall finished RB19 that year and J.K. Dobbins RB43.

Breece Hall had 90 more carries than J.K. Dobbins, 243 to 153.

Breece Hall had 25 more catches than J.K. Dobbins, 36 to 11.

This season Breece Hall holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 41 percent.

This season Breece Hall holds the bigger share of the carries, 62 percent against 50 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Breece Hall is listed as out on the injury report.