Should I drop Brenton Strange for J.K. Dobbins?

Not on these numbers alone. Brenton Strange projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games) and J.K. Dobbins 84 (9.3 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

Should I start J.K. Dobbins or Brenton Strange in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 9:36 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Brenton Strange: 81 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against J.K. Dobbins's 42 percent of the snaps and 51 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop J.K. Dobbins for Brenton Strange?

Not on these numbers alone. J.K. Dobbins projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.3 a game over 9 games) and Brenton Strange 87 (8.7 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

J.K. Dobbins

RB32 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 3-4

Market-based projection: 10.1 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 101

Brenton Strange

TE19 · JAX · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Overall rank: 103

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The gap

Board size293 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brenton Strange, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Brenton Strange is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 7, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 41 percent of DEN snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 8 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

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

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

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.

Through Week 6, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 7 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 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 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

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

Brenton Strange was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Brenton Strange 9.8, 1.8 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 and Brenton Strange TE23, which are two different ladders.

J.K. Dobbins is a running back and Brenton Strange a tight end, 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 Brenton Strange in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop J.K. Dobbins for Brenton Strange?
Not on these numbers alone. J.K. Dobbins projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.3 a game over 9 games) and Brenton Strange 87 (8.7 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
Should I drop Brenton Strange for J.K. Dobbins?
Not on these numbers alone. Brenton Strange projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games) and J.K. Dobbins 84 (9.3 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

Should I drop Brenton Strange?Should I drop J.K. Dobbins?