Should I start Bijan Robinson or Joe Burrow in Week 8?

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 Joe Burrow, and the board ranks him 2nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Bijan Robinson is 25.3 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 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 Joe Burrow is 22.6 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback'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 71 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, Joe Burrow has been on the field for 99 percent of CIN snaps, dropped back 289 times and thrown 7.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 51 of 289 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 5 against MIA he completed 23 of 32 passes for 190 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he completed 22 of 30 passes for 292 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 8 against TEN he completed 38 of 48 passes for 462 yards, threw 5 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 3 times for 10 yards.

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 Joe Burrow played 8 games and scored 139.5 PPR points, 17.4 a game, finishing QB29.

He threw for 1809 yards on 259 attempts with 17 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 32.4 attempts a game at 7.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bijan Robinson was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bijan Robinson scored 21.8 PPR points a game and Joe Burrow 17.4, 4.4 a game between them.

Bijan Robinson finished RB2 and Joe Burrow QB29, which are two different ladders.

Bijan Robinson is a running back and Joe Burrow a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Bijan Robinson is off in Week 11 and Joe Burrow in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.