Start Bhayshul Tuten or Chuba Hubbard? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 4:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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- : Bhayshul Tuten: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Bhayshul Tuten over Chuba Hubbard
Tuten projects lower, 13.4 to 15.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 53 for Tuten, 83 for Hubbard.
- Market projects
- 13.4
- fantasy pts
- BAL D vs RB
- 18.5
- 5th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 56%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 15.3
- recent weeks avg
- DEN D vs RB
- 22.4
- 11th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 80%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 11%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Bhayshul Tuten for Chuba Hubbard?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Chuba Hubbard projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Bhayshul Tuten 109 (12.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bhayshul Tuten over Chuba Hubbard. So make the move after his Week 9 game. Bhayshul Tuten is listed questionable.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Bhayshul Tuten over Chuba Hubbard in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Bhayshul Tuten at 13.4 points and Chuba Hubbard at 15.3, a gap of 1.9. Bhayshul Tuten still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 53 against 83, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Chuba Hubbard this week yet, so his 15.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (15.3, 15.4 and 15.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Chuba Hubbard yet. His market-based projections were 15.3, 15.4 and 15.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 15.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Chuba Hubbard is 0.7 touchdowns (5 market sources).
Player markets imply 13.4 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Bhayshul Tuten is 67 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards and 0.6 touchdowns (4, 3 and 10 market sources).
That puts Chuba Hubbard 1.9 points ahead of Bhayshul Tuten on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Chuba Hubbard and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DEN allowed 22.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 11th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against DEN and caught passes for 35 more yards.
Bhayshul Tuten and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
BAL allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 77 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against BAL and caught passes for 15 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Chuba Hubbard has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chuba Hubbard is not on the injury report.
Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Chuba Hubbard played 80 percent of CAR snaps, took 72 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.
Chuba Hubbard, Week 4 against DET: 63 of 75 snaps, 20 carries for 122 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Chuba Hubbard, Week 6 against PHI: 74 of 79 snaps, 28 carries for 120 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 1 yards, 1 touchdown.
Chuba Hubbard, Week 7 against TB: 34 of 56 snaps, 7 carries for 33 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 27 yards.
Chuba Hubbard, Week 8 against GB: 67 of 73 snaps, 22 carries for 81 yards, 8 targets and 7 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.
Through Week 8, Bhayshul Tuten played 56 percent of JAX snaps, took 57 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.
Bhayshul Tuten, Week 4 against CIN: 36 of 61 snaps, 17 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.
Bhayshul Tuten, Week 5 against PHI: 49 of 72 snaps, 22 carries for 72 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.
Bhayshul Tuten, Week 6 against HOU: 41 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 39 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 48 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Bhayshul Tuten, Week 8 against IND: 16 carries for 104 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Chuba Hubbard played 15 games for CAR and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.
He ran 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 yards.
He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games for JAX and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.
He ran 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 yards.
He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Bhayshul Tuten for Chuba Hubbard?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Chuba Hubbard projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Bhayshul Tuten 109 (12.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bhayshul Tuten over Chuba Hubbard. So make the move after his Week 9 game. Bhayshul Tuten is listed questionable.
Should I drop Chuba Hubbard for Bhayshul Tuten?
No. Keep Chuba Hubbard: he projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Bhayshul Tuten 109 (12.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bhayshul Tuten over Chuba Hubbard. Bhayshul Tuten is listed questionable.
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