Terry McLaurin or J.K. Dobbins: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Terry McLaurin at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 101st highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price J.K. Dobbins at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 106th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 64.

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 94.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 79 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 38 percent of DEN snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 3 of its 4 chances inside the five 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.

In Week 2 against JAX he carried 10 times for 36 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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.

Both were available for 10 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 0.2 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 and J.K. Dobbins RB43, which are two different ladders.

Terry McLaurin is a wide receiver 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

Terry McLaurin 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

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.