J.K. Dobbins or Colston Loveland: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price J.K. Dobbins at 9.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

The player markets price Colston Loveland at 9.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 100th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colston Loveland: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 44.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 40 percent of DEN snaps, taken 53 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he carried 10 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 17 times for 49 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 11 times for 40 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 87 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 6 of 9 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Colston Loveland was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Colston Loveland 10.3, 1.3 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 and Colston Loveland TE12, which are two different ladders.

J.K. Dobbins is a running back and Colston Loveland a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.