Start Chuba Hubbard or Saquon Barkley? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Chuba Hubbard over Saquon Barkley in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Chuba Hubbard at 16.0 points and Saquon Barkley at 15.4, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for Chuba Hubbard, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Chuba Hubbard at 71.5 rushing yards, 15.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 54% chance to score a touchdown (14, 15, 14 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 15.4 fantasy points for Saquon Barkley, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Saquon Barkley at 71.5 rushing yards, 13.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 51% chance to score a touchdown (12, 14, 14 and 14 books).

That puts Chuba Hubbard 0.6 points ahead of Saquon Barkley on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Saquon Barkley and PHI visit CHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 24.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 10th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 102 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against CHI and caught passes for 50 more yards.

Injury status

Chuba Hubbard is not on the injury report.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable with a arm injury.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Chuba Hubbard played 68 percent of CAR snaps, took 51 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

Chuba Hubbard, Week 1 against CHI: 48 of 68 snaps, 10 carries for 49 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Chuba Hubbard, Week 2 against ATL: 43 of 66 snaps, 12 carries for 53 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Saquon Barkley played 39 percent of PHI snaps, took 35 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Saquon Barkley, Week 1 against WAS: 39 of 55 snaps, 15 carries for 83 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -3 yards.

Saquon Barkley, Week 2 against TEN: 12 of 76 snaps, 4 carries for 9 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

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.

Chuba Hubbard, Week 18 of 2025 against TB: 23 of 51 snaps, 5 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 3.7 PPR points.

In 2025, Saquon Barkley played 16 games for PHI and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He ran 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Saquon Barkley, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 43 of 54 snaps, 19 carries for 68 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 6.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Chuba Hubbard over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over Breece Hall.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over Chase Brown.
• Start Saquon Barkley over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Saquon Barkley over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Saquon Barkley over Breece Hall.