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Should I start Bijan Robinson or Jonathan Taylor in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 1:36 PM ET.

Start Bijan Robinson: 81 percent of the snaps and 74 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Jonathan Taylor's 67 percent of the snaps and 49 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Jonathan Taylor for Bijan Robinson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bijan Robinson projects 155 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (22.1 a game over 7 games), Jonathan Taylor 127 (18.1 a game over 7 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB16 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 3-6

Market-based projection
22.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
46

RB21 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs carries line 5-4

Market-based projection
16.1 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
58

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bijan Robinson, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Bijan Robinson is 6.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

The market-based projection for Jonathan Taylor is 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 9

Through Week 9, Bijan Robinson has been on the field for 73 percent of ATL snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 8 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 9 against CIN he carried 19 times for 100 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 47 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 77 percent of IND snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 15 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against MIN he carried 18 times for 95 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DAL he carried 13 times for 46 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 18 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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 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 Jonathan Taylor 21.3, 0.5 a game between them.

Bijan Robinson finished RB2 that year and Jonathan Taylor RB4.

Jonathan Taylor had 36 more carries than Bijan Robinson, 323 to 287.

Bijan Robinson had 33 more catches than Jonathan Taylor, 79 to 46.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 73 percent.

This season Bijan Robinson holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 66 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jonathan Taylor for Bijan Robinson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Bijan Robinson projects 155 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (22.1 a game over 7 games), Jonathan Taylor 127 (18.1 a game over 7 games).

  • Should I drop Bijan Robinson for Jonathan Taylor?

    No. Keep Bijan Robinson: he projects 155 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (22.1 a game over 7 games), Jonathan Taylor 127 (18.1 a game over 7 games).

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