Should I start J.K. Dobbins or Drake Maye in Week 7?

Updated Oct 23, 2:21 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Drake Maye: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against J.K. Dobbins's 45 percent of the snaps and 59 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop J.K. Dobbins for Drake Maye?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Drake Maye projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 9 games), J.K. Dobbins 84 (9.3 a game over 9 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

J.K. Dobbins

RB24 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Market-based projection: 10.5 pts a game

Drake Maye

QB1 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 3-4

Market-based projection: 19.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 50

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

J.K. Dobbins's market-based projection is 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Drake Maye, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 44 percent of DEN snaps, taken 57 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 50 third down targets, had 7 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 22 two minute targets.

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

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.

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

Through Week 6, Drake Maye has been on the field for 97 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 214 times and thrown 9.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 214 dropbacks and scrambled 20 times.

In Week 4 against BUF he completed 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 56 yards.

In Week 5 against LV he completed 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 29 yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he completed 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 25 yards.

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 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drake Maye was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 9.6 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 and Drake Maye QB2, which are two different ladders.

J.K. Dobbins is a running back and Drake Maye a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Drake Maye has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop J.K. Dobbins for Drake Maye?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Drake Maye projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 9 games), J.K. Dobbins 84 (9.3 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Drake Maye for J.K. Dobbins?
No. Keep Drake Maye: he projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 9 games), J.K. Dobbins 84 (9.3 a game over 9 games).

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