Should I start J.K. Dobbins or Josh Jacobs in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Jacobs, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 14.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 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 Josh Jacobs is 12.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 11 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 through Week 6

Through Week 6, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 44 percent of DEN snaps, taken 57 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 50 third down targets, had 7 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 22 two minute targets.

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

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.

In Week 6 against SEA he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Josh Jacobs this season.

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 Josh Jacobs played 15 games and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.

He carried 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Jacobs was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Jacobs scored 15.8 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 4.2 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 that year and Josh Jacobs RB13.

Josh Jacobs had 81 more carries than J.K. Dobbins, 234 to 153.

Josh Jacobs had 25 more catches than J.K. Dobbins, 36 to 11.

Byes and availability

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