Should I start Chuba Hubbard or Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chuba Hubbard, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chuba Hubbard is 5.5 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 Jaxon Smith-Njigba is 4.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

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.

Through Week 9, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 84 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 36 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 32 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 21 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 99 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 2 times for 13 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CHI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 118 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ARI he caught 7 of 10 targets for 51 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 Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.

He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 9.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 12.8 a game between them.

Chuba Hubbard finished RB38 and Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR2, which are two different ladders.

Chuba Hubbard is a running back and Jaxon Smith-Njigba 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 Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.