Deebo Samuel Sr. or J.K. Dobbins: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Deebo Samuel Sr. at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 93rd highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The player markets price J.K. Dobbins at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 98th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 125.

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 95.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 50 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he carried 1 time for 12 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 38 percent of DEN snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 3 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against KC he carried 8 times for 36 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.

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.

Side by side

Deebo Samuel Sr. 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

Deebo Samuel Sr. is off in Week 8 and J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.