Jayden Daniels or J.K. Dobbins: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 59th 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 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jayden Daniels at 18.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 11.0 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 2, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 77 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 61 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 4 of 61 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 yards.

Through Week 4, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 40 percent of DEN snaps, taken 53 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 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.

J.K. Dobbins was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 5.2 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 and J.K. Dobbins RB43, which are two different ladders.

Jayden Daniels is a quarterback 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

J.K. Dobbins is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Jayden Daniels.

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.