Should I start Dameon Pierce or J.K. Dobbins in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 3.2 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.

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 3.1 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 80 percent of PHI snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against JAX he carried 11 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he carried 12 times for 35 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against DAL he carried 14 times for 47 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 41 percent of DEN snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 8 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against SEA he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 6 times for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dameon Pierce played 5 games and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He carried 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

J.K. Dobbins was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 10.9 a game between them.

Dameon Pierce finished RB128 that year and J.K. Dobbins RB43.

J.K. Dobbins had 139 more carries than Dameon Pierce, 153 to 14.

J.K. Dobbins had 11 more catches than Dameon Pierce, 11 to 0.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 41 percent.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 52 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Dameon Pierce is listed as questionable on the injury report.