Start J.K. Dobbins or Woody Marks? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start J.K. Dobbins over Woody Marks in Week 5.

Market-based projections have J.K. Dobbins at 10.7 points and Woody Marks at 8.3, a gap of 2.5. J.K. Dobbins's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.7 fantasy points for J.K. Dobbins, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 50.5 rushing yards, with a 40% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Woody Marks, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Woody Marks at 36.5 rushing yards, 8.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (16, 12, 16 and 16 market sources).

That puts J.K. Dobbins 2.5 points ahead of Woody Marks on the market projections.

Injury status

J.K. Dobbins is not on the injury report.

Woody Marks is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, J.K. Dobbins played 40 percent of DEN snaps, took 53 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

J.K. Dobbins, Week 1 against KC: 22 of 51 snaps, 8 carries for 36 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

J.K. Dobbins, Week 2 against JAX: 21 of 62 snaps, 10 carries for 36 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

J.K. Dobbins, Week 3 against LAR: 33 of 67 snaps, 17 carries for 49 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

J.K. Dobbins, Week 4 against SF: 21 of 65 snaps, 11 carries for 40 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Through Week 4, Woody Marks played 46 percent of HOU snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Woody Marks, Week 1 against BUF: 40 of 79 snaps, 9 carries for 42 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -2 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 2 against CIN: 38 of 80 snaps, 8 carries for 8 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 3 against IND: 20 of 54 snaps, 5 carries for 15 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Woody Marks, Week 4 against DAL: 24 of 55 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

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

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

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over J.K. Dobbins.
• Start J.K. Dobbins over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over J.K. Dobbins.
• Start Woody Marks over Brian Robinson.
• Start Woody Marks over George Holani.
• Start Woody Marks over Kaleb Johnson.