Justin Herbert or J.K. Dobbins: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 26.

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 94.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Justin Herbert at 17.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 17th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The books have J.K. Dobbins at 10.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 16 books. 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 through Week 1

Through Week 1, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 35 times and thrown 10.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 4 of 35 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 1 against ARI he completed 17 of 27 passes for 209 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 29 yards.

Through Week 1, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 43 percent of DEN snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Justin Herbert was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 7.2 a game between them.

Justin Herbert finished QB10 and J.K. Dobbins RB43, which are two different ladders.

Justin Herbert 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

Justin Herbert is off in Week 7 and J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

J.K. Dobbins is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.