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Should I start Brian Robinson Jr. or Emeka Egbuka in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET.

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  • : Brian Robinson Jr.: Listed Questionable (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Emeka Egbuka: Listed Questionable (Concussion) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Emeka Egbuka: 89 percent of the snaps and 32 percent of the targets 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.

Should I drop Brian Robinson Jr. for Emeka Egbuka?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Emeka Egbuka projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.9 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable. Emeka Egbuka is listed questionable.

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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.

RB28 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Overall rank
81

WR64 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection
9.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
186

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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 Brian Robinson Jr., and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 186th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Brian Robinson Jr. at 6.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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 Emeka Egbuka is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

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

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson Jr. 3.7, 7.8 a game between them.

Brian Robinson Jr. finished RB63 and Emeka Egbuka WR23, which are two different ladders.

Brian Robinson Jr. is a running back and Emeka Egbuka a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Brian Robinson Jr. is off in Week 11 and Emeka Egbuka in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

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

Emeka Egbuka is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Brian Robinson Jr. for Emeka Egbuka?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Emeka Egbuka projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.9 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable. Emeka Egbuka is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Emeka Egbuka for Brian Robinson Jr.?

    No. Keep Emeka Egbuka: he projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.9 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Emeka Egbuka is listed questionable. Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable.

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