Should I start James Cook III or Chuba Hubbard in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on James Cook III, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 2; 2QB: ADP 10.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chuba Hubbard, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for James Cook III is 6.0 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.

The market-based projection for Chuba Hubbard is 5.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

James Cook III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, James Cook III has been on the field for 54 percent of BUF snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 3 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 21 times for 80 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against MIN he carried 31 times for 107 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 81 percent of CAR snaps, taken 73 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 7 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against TB he carried 7 times for 33 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he carried 22 times for 81 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DEN he carried 16 times for 79 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

James Cook III was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 James Cook III scored 17.8 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 9.4 a game between them.

James Cook III finished RB6 that year and Chuba Hubbard RB38.

James Cook III had 175 more carries than Chuba Hubbard, 309 to 134.

James Cook III had 3 more catches than Chuba Hubbard, 33 to 30.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 54 percent.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger share of the carries, 73 percent against 66 percent.

Byes and availability

James Cook III is off in Week 7 and Chuba Hubbard in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.