Chuba Hubbard is a fair Week 10 play — our RB5 at 9.9 projected points, right around the RB starter line.
- Projection
- 9.9 pts
- RB rank
- #5
- Matchup
- at NO
Chuba Hubbard's fantasy role in Week 10
Chuba Hubbard goes into Week 10 of the 2026 season as a locked-in weekly starter at RB for the CAR. He is rostered in 97% of leagues and actually started in 87% of them, and we rank him RB5 on our own weekly board at 9.9 projected points.
Interest is climbing — roster rates moved up about 1% over the last week, which usually means managers are reacting to a bigger snap or target share.
No injury designation to work around right now, which keeps his projection honest.
Week 10 matchup breakdown
The matchup: at NO. Our Pepper Meter heat rating for this spot is 2 out of 5, which is how we grade the combination of role, projection and opponent difficulty.
Against a typical starting RB baseline of 11 points, his 9.9-point projection is 1.1 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Chuba Hubbard is a fair Week 10 play — our RB5 at 9.9 projected points, right around the RB starter line.
If you are deciding between him and another RB, compare projections first, then lean on the Pepper Meter heat rating as the tiebreaker.
Sally's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Chuba Hubbard (CAR RB), our RB5 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season at NO, projecting 9.9 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. Sally's angle is simple: he's a top-six RB on our board, and she never benches the guys who win weeks. He's still in 87% of lineups at 97% rostered, which is exactly the trap I'm trying to talk you out of. 9.9 points is roughly 10% short of the RB baseline, and I rank on output, not name recognition. Spicy on the Pepper Meter reflects a steady weekly floor rather than a boom week — that's still a start.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Chuba Hubbard (CAR RB), our RB5 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season at NO, projecting 9.9 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. Tina plays contrarian — with 87% start rate he's priced in, and she cares more about his floor than his name. 9.9 points is roughly 10% short of the RB baseline, and I honestly rank on output, not name recognition. Facing NO away from home, the script reads neutral to friendly, not scary. Tina keeps the Pepper Meter at Spicy here because the ceiling is capped, not the role.