J.K. Dobbins or Woody Marks: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Woody Marks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 10.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Woody Marks at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 116th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

J.K. Dobbins's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 40 percent of DEN snaps, taken 53 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 17 times for 49 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 11 times for 40 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Woody Marks has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 8 times for 8 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Woody Marks was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Woody Marks 9.4, 2.1 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 that year and Woody Marks RB29.

Woody Marks had 43 more carries than J.K. Dobbins, 196 to 153.

Woody Marks had 13 more catches than J.K. Dobbins, 24 to 11.

This season Woody Marks holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 40 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 53 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

J.K. Dobbins is off in Week 10 and Woody Marks in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

J.K. Dobbins is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.