Should I start Justice Hill or J.K. Dobbins in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Justice Hill's market-based projection is 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 230 players with a market-based projection.

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 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 8

Through Week 8, Justice Hill has been on the field for 43 percent of BAL snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he carried 3 times for 15 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 38 percent of DEN snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 8 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 26 two minute targets.

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

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.

In Week 8 against KC he carried 7 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justice Hill played 10 games and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He carried 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 more yards.

That came to 1.8 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 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.

Both were available for 10 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Justice Hill 6.5, 5.1 a game between them.

Justice Hill finished RB60 that year and J.K. Dobbins RB43.

J.K. Dobbins had 135 more carries than Justice Hill, 153 to 18.

Justice Hill had 10 more catches than J.K. Dobbins, 21 to 11.

This season Justice Hill holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 38 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Justice Hill is off in Week 13 and J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

J.K. Dobbins has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.