Should I start Jadarian Price or J.K. Dobbins in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jadarian Price, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jadarian Price is 2.9 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 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jadarian Price has been on the field for 36 percent of SEA snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 4.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 13 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CHI he carried 10 times for 29 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 38 percent of DEN snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 8 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 26 two minute targets.

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

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.

In Week 8 against KC he carried 7 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Jadarian Price is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger snap share, 38 percent against 36 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

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