Start J.K. Dobbins or Jonathon Brooks? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start J.K. Dobbins over Jonathon Brooks
Wrong: 3.6 to 7.2
- KC D vs RB
- 11.7
- 7th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 43%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 0%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 3.6
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 2.9
- fantasy pts
- CHI D vs RB
- 33.7
- 8th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 19%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 6%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 7.2
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start J.K. Dobbins over Jonathon Brooks in Week 1.
Jonathon Brooks is priced by the books at 2.9 projected points and J.K. Dobbins is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take J.K. Dobbins at ADP 82 and Jonathon Brooks at 94.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for J.K. Dobbins in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 2.9 fantasy points for Jonathon Brooks, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
J.K. Dobbins and DEN visit KC.
KC allowed 11.7 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 7th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 54 yards and no touchdowns against KC and caught passes for 23 more yards.
Jonathon Brooks and CAR host CHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CHI allowed 33.7 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 8th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 91 yards and a touchdown against CHI and caught passes for 86 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Jonathon Brooks has the softer matchup.
Injury status
J.K. Dobbins was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Jonathon Brooks was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, J.K. Dobbins played 10 games for DEN and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.
He ran 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 yards.
He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
How Week 1 went
J.K. Dobbins scored 3.6 PPR points and Jonathon Brooks scored 7.2.
The call was wrong: Jonathon Brooks outscored J.K. Dobbins by 3.6.
J.K. Dobbins, Week 1 against KC: 22 of 51 snaps, 8 carries for 36 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 3.6 PPR points.
J.K. Dobbins finished as the week's RB53 in PPR scoring.
Jonathon Brooks finished 4.4 points above the 2.9 the props implied.
Jonathon Brooks, Week 1 against CHI: 13 of 68 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 48 yards, 7.2 PPR points.
Jonathon Brooks finished as the week's RB38 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB31 · DEN · bye 10
2025 vs rush yds line 8-2
- Overall rank
- 63
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
RB41 · CAR · bye 5
- Overall rank
- 162
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board99
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 3 and tier 7
- Board size244 draftable players
Drafting soon? Use the free live draft assistant
It reranks the board after every pick and shows who is falling past ADP at your slot. No sign in, nothing to install.
Open the draft assistant