Davante Adams or J.K. Dobbins: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Davante Adams's market-based projection is 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 45th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 11.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

J.K. Dobbins's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Davante Adams has been on the field for 76 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 15.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 7 of 13 targets for 137 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 4 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 51 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 5, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 42 percent of DEN snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 6 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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.

Davante Adams was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 4.3 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 and J.K. Dobbins RB43, which are two different ladders.

Davante Adams is a wide receiver and J.K. Dobbins a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

J.K. Dobbins is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.