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Should I start Blake Corum or Brian Robinson Jr. in Week 9?

Updated Nov 4, 5:06 AM ET.

Week 9 verdict

Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson

Start

RB · LAR · at WAS

Market projects
13.4
fantasy pts
WAS D vs RB
19.5
9th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
55 of 100 at RB
Snap share
30%
Through Week 8
Target share
5%
Through Week 8
Sit

RB · ATL · vs CIN · Questionable

Market projects
7.8
recent weeks avg
CIN D vs RB
19.4
7th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
27 of 100 at RB
Snap share
31%
Through Week 6
Target share
4%
Through Week 6
Start Corum or Robinson? The full Week 9 breakdown

Start Blake Corum: 35 percent of the snaps and 45 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Brian Robinson Jr.'s 27 percent of the snaps and 32 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.

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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.

RB35 · LAR · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 3-5

Market-based projection
9.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
101

RB45 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Overall rank
129

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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 Blake Corum, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Robinson Jr., and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Blake Corum is 3.8 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 has Brian Robinson Jr. at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Blake Corum has been on the field for 30 percent of LAR snaps, taken 37 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 39 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 0.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against ARI he carried 9 times for 42 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against LV he carried 17 times for 93 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against LAC he carried 11 times for 73 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Brian Robinson Jr. has been on the field for 31 percent of ATL snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he carried 14 times for 62 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against BAL he carried 7 times for 16 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he carried 2 times for 1 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Blake Corum played 17 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He carried 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 more yards.

That came to 8-9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brian Robinson Jr. played 17 games and scored 62.5 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing RB63.

He carried 92 times for 400 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 12 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.4 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Blake Corum scored 7.2 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson Jr. 3.7, 3.5 a game between them.

Blake Corum finished RB40 that year and Brian Robinson Jr. RB63.

Blake Corum had 53 more carries than Brian Robinson Jr., 145 to 92.

Both had 8 catches.

This season Brian Robinson Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 31 percent against 30 percent.

This season Blake Corum holds the bigger share of the carries, 37 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Brian Robinson Jr. is listed as out on the injury report.

Both players in full

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