Chuba Hubbard or C.J. Stroud: 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 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on C.J. Stroud: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

What the player markets price

The market has Chuba Hubbard at 4.0 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 C.J. Stroud at 16.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 143 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, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 202 times and thrown 9.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 202 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 3 against IND he completed 16 of 27 passes for 167 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he completed 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

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 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chuba Hubbard was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 C.J. Stroud scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 7.1 a game between them.

Chuba Hubbard finished RB38 and C.J. Stroud QB21, which are two different ladders.

Chuba Hubbard is a running back and C.J. Stroud a quarterback, 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 C.J. Stroud in Week 8, 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.