Should I start Chuba Hubbard or Rashee Rice in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chuba Hubbard, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chuba Hubbard is 4.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Rashee Rice is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 8

Through Week 8, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 80 percent of CAR snaps, taken 72 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 7 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against PHI he carried 28 times for 120 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 8, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chuba Hubbard was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 10.4 a game between them.

Chuba Hubbard finished RB38 and Rashee Rice WR40, which are two different ladders.

Chuba Hubbard is a running back and Rashee Rice 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 5, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.