J.K. Dobbins or Parker Washington: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Parker Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 11.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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.

Parker Washington's market-based projection is 13.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 146 players with a market-based projection.

J.K. Dobbins's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 42 percent of DEN snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 6 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 17 times for 49 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 5, Parker Washington has been on the field for 77 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Parker Washington was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 0.0 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 and Parker Washington WR27, which are two different ladders.

J.K. Dobbins is a running back and Parker Washington 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 Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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