Should I start J.K. Dobbins or Jaleel McLaughlin in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for J.K. Dobbins, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Jaleel McLaughlin is 8.6 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.

This season through Week 5

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.

Through Week 5, Jaleel McLaughlin has been on the field for 10 percent of CLE snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 1 time for 28 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Jaleel McLaughlin played 8 games and scored 31.4 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB82.

He carried 37 times for 187 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 4 of 6 targets for 27 more yards.

That came to 4.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 15 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

J.K. Dobbins was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Jaleel McLaughlin 3.9, 7.7 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 that year and Jaleel McLaughlin RB82.

J.K. Dobbins had 116 more carries than Jaleel McLaughlin, 153 to 37.

J.K. Dobbins had 7 more catches than Jaleel McLaughlin, 11 to 4.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 10 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 56 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

J.K. Dobbins is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Jaleel McLaughlin.