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Should I start J.K. Dobbins or Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET.

Start Pierre Strong Jr.: 49 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against J.K. Dobbins's 45 percent of the snaps and 59 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for J.K. Dobbins?

Yes, on the rest of the season. J.K. Dobbins projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB16 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Overall rank
21

RB40 · GB · bye 11

Overall rank
122

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 14.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 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 has Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.0 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.

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.

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 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.

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 44 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 57 percent against 33 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for J.K. Dobbins?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. J.K. Dobbins projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop J.K. Dobbins for Pierre Strong Jr.?

    No. Keep J.K. Dobbins: he projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games).

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