Chuba Hubbard or Brian Thomas Jr.: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chuba Hubbard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Chuba Hubbard at 4.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

Chuba Hubbard's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 77 percent of CAR snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 4 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against ATL he carried 12 times for 53 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CLE he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he carried 20 times for 122 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 5, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 48 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chuba Hubbard played 15 games and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.

He carried 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 more yards.

That came to 8.9 carries a game at 3.8 yards a carry and 2.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.

He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 6.5 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chuba Hubbard was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 1.6 a game between them.

Chuba Hubbard finished RB38 and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42, which are two different ladders.

Chuba Hubbard is a running back and Brian Thomas Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Chuba Hubbard is off in Week 5 and Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Chuba Hubbard is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.