Should I start J.K. Dobbins or Treylon Burks in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Treylon Burks, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 6.7 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.

Treylon Burks's market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 234 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 8

Through Week 8, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 38 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, Treylon Burks has been on the field for 52 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 17.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 2 of 5 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 4 of 6 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 81 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.

In 2025 Treylon Burks played 8 games and scored 29.0 PPR points, 3.6 a game, finishing WR138.

He caught 10 of 22 targets for 130 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 45 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

J.K. Dobbins was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Treylon Burks 3.6, 8.0 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 and Treylon Burks WR138, which are two different ladders.

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

Treylon Burks is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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.