Should I start Chuba Hubbard or Woody Marks 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 Woody Marks, and the board ranks him 79th 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 Woody Marks is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 so far

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 7, Woody Marks has been on the field for 61 percent of HOU snaps, taken 47 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 3 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 15 times for 62 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he carried 15 times for 56 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he carried 19 times for 66 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 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 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Woody Marks was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Woody Marks scored 9.4 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 1.1 a game between them.

Chuba Hubbard finished RB38 that year and Woody Marks RB29.

Woody Marks had 62 more carries than Chuba Hubbard, 196 to 134.

Chuba Hubbard had 6 more catches than Woody Marks, 30 to 24.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 61 percent.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger share of the carries, 72 percent against 47 percent.

Byes and availability

Chuba Hubbard is off in Week 5 and Woody Marks in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Woody Marks is listed as questionable on the injury report.