Should I start J.K. Dobbins or Jeremy McNichols in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremy McNichols, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 7.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 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.

The market-based projection for Jeremy McNichols is 6.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 6 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 41 percent of DEN snaps, taken 52 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 58 third down targets, had 8 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

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

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.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 6 times for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Jeremy McNichols has been on the field for 18 percent of WAS snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 5 times for 13 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 Jeremy McNichols played 17 games and scored 72.7 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB58.

He carried 44 times for 221 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 25 of 31 targets for 196 more yards.

That came to 2.6 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 33 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jeremy McNichols was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Jeremy McNichols 4.3, 7.3 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 that year and Jeremy McNichols RB58.

J.K. Dobbins had 109 more carries than Jeremy McNichols, 153 to 44.

Jeremy McNichols had 14 more catches than J.K. Dobbins, 25 to 11.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 18 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

J.K. Dobbins is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Jeremy McNichols.