Should I start J.K. Dobbins or Ladd McConkey in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 35.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 46 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 4 of 5 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 17 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 Ladd McConkey played 16 games and scored 180.9 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing WR30.

He caught 66 of 106 targets for 789 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ladd McConkey was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 0.3 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 and Ladd McConkey WR30, which are two different ladders.

J.K. Dobbins is a running back and Ladd McConkey a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Ladd McConkey is listed as out on the injury report.