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Should I start Rhamondre Stevenson or Chuba Hubbard in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 9:36 AM ET.

Week 9 verdict

Start Rhamondre Stevenson over Chuba Hubbard

Stevenson projects lower, 15.6 to 15.8, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 61 for Stevenson, 83 for Hubbard.

Start

RB · NE · vs GB

Market projects
15.6
fantasy pts
GB D vs RB
25.0
7th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
High
89 of 100 at RB
Snap share
65%
Through Week 8
Target share
12%
Through Week 8
Sit

RB · CAR · vs DEN

Market projects
15.8
fantasy pts
DEN D vs RB
24.4
10th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
High
94 of 100 at RB
Snap share
80%
Through Week 8
Target share
11%
Through Week 8
Start Stevenson or Hubbard? The full Week 9 breakdown

Start Rhamondre Stevenson over Chuba Hubbard in Week 9. Stevenson projects lower, 15.6 to 15.8, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 61 for Stevenson, 83 for Hubbard.

Should I drop Rhamondre Stevenson for Chuba Hubbard?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Chuba Hubbard projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Rhamondre Stevenson 93 (11.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Rhamondre Stevenson over Chuba Hubbard. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB4 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-4

Market-based projection
15.6 pts a game

RB25 · CAR · bye 5

2026 vs carries line 4-3

Market-based projection
15.3 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
75

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The gap

  • Board size300 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chuba Hubbard, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Rhamondre Stevenson's market-based projection is 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 183 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 65 percent of NE snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 93 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 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.

Chuba Hubbard was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 4.4 a game between them.

Rhamondre Stevenson finished RB25 that year and Chuba Hubbard RB38.

Chuba Hubbard had 4 more carries than Rhamondre Stevenson, 134 to 130.

Rhamondre Stevenson had 2 more catches than Chuba Hubbard, 32 to 30.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 65 percent.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger share of the carries, 72 percent against 42 percent.

Byes and availability

Rhamondre Stevenson is off in Week 11 and Chuba Hubbard in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Chuba Hubbard has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Rhamondre Stevenson for Chuba Hubbard?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Chuba Hubbard projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Rhamondre Stevenson 93 (11.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Rhamondre Stevenson over Chuba Hubbard. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

  • Should I drop Chuba Hubbard for Rhamondre Stevenson?

    No. Keep Chuba Hubbard: he projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Rhamondre Stevenson 93 (11.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Rhamondre Stevenson over Chuba Hubbard.

Both players in full

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