Joe Burrow or J.K. Dobbins: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Joe Burrow at 16.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 27th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price J.K. Dobbins at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 105th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Joe Burrow: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 10.

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 94.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Joe Burrow has been on the field for 100 percent of CIN snaps, dropped back 73 times and thrown 6.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 15 of 73 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 1 against TB he completed 25 of 35 passes for 254 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 21 yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he completed 20 of 31 passes for 207 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 2, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 38 percent of DEN snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 3 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against KC he carried 8 times for 36 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Joe Burrow played 8 games and scored 139.5 PPR points, 17.4 a game, finishing QB29.

He threw for 1809 yards on 259 attempts with 17 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 32.4 attempts a game at 7.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 86 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 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Joe Burrow scored 17.4 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 5.8 a game between them.

Joe Burrow finished QB29 and J.K. Dobbins RB43, which are two different ladders.

Joe Burrow 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

Joe Burrow is off in Week 6 and J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.5 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.