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Should I start J.K. Dobbins or Stefon Diggs in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 8:11 AM ET.

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Start Stefon Diggs: 62 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against J.K. Dobbins's 42 percent of the snaps and 51 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 J.K. Dobbins for Stefon Diggs?

Not on these numbers alone. J.K. Dobbins projects 74 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 8 games) and Stefon Diggs 76 (8.4 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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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.

J.K. Dobbins

RB34 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 3-5

Market-based projection
8.3 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
107

Stefon Diggs

WR46 · WAS · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 4-2

Market-based projection
11.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
109

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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 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Stefon Diggs is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 through Week 8

Through Week 8, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 41 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.

Through Week 8, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 60 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 0.8 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 and Stefon Diggs WR17, which are two different ladders.

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop J.K. Dobbins for Stefon Diggs?

    Not on these numbers alone. J.K. Dobbins projects 74 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 8 games) and Stefon Diggs 76 (8.4 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

  • Should I drop Stefon Diggs for J.K. Dobbins?

    Not on these numbers alone. Stefon Diggs projects 76 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.4 a game over 9 games) and J.K. Dobbins 74 (9.2 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

Should I drop J.K. Dobbins?

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