Should I start Bijan Robinson or Ashton Jeanty in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bijan Robinson, and the board ranks him 1st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Bijan Robinson is 25.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 3.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Bijan Robinson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Bijan Robinson has been on the field for 72 percent of ATL snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 7 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against CHI he carried 9 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for -8 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SF he carried 20 times for 63 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TB he carried 19 times for 76 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 66 percent of LV snaps, taken 55 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 9 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 2.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against BUF he carried 10 times for 22 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 36 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against LAR he carried 8 times for 15 yards, caught 8 of 8 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bijan Robinson played 17 games and scored 370.8 PPR points, 21.8 a game, finishing RB2.

He carried 287 times for 1478 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 79 of 103 targets for 820 more yards.

That came to 16.9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 4.6 catches a game.

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

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Bijan Robinson scored 21.8 PPR points a game and Ashton Jeanty 14.4, 7.4 a game between them.

Bijan Robinson finished RB2 that year and Ashton Jeanty RB11.

Bijan Robinson had 21 more carries than Ashton Jeanty, 287 to 266.

Bijan Robinson had 24 more catches than Ashton Jeanty, 79 to 55.

This season Bijan Robinson holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 66 percent.

This season Bijan Robinson holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 55 percent.

Byes and availability

Bijan Robinson is off in Week 11 and Ashton Jeanty in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.