J.K. Dobbins or Chris Godwin Jr.: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 94.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 100.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have J.K. Dobbins at 10.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 16 books. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Chris Godwin Jr. at 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 91st highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

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

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 43 percent of DEN snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against KC he carried 8 times for 36 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 40 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 Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.

He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.7 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 71 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

J.K. Dobbins was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 2.4 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78, which are two different ladders.

J.K. Dobbins is a running back and Chris Godwin Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

J.K. Dobbins is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.