Should I start J.K. Dobbins or T.J. Hockenson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 7.1 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.

T.J. Hockenson's market-based projection is 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 204 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 7

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 7, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 63 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 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 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

T.J. Hockenson was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 4.1 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 and T.J. Hockenson TE26, which are two different ladders.

J.K. Dobbins is a running back and T.J. Hockenson a tight end, 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 T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

J.K. Dobbins has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.