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Should I start Brian Robinson Jr. or Kimani Vidal in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET.

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Start Kimani Vidal: 38 percent of the snaps and 23 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.

RB28 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Overall rank
81

RB · LAC · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection
5.1 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
291

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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 Kimani Vidal, and the board ranks him 291st 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.

No season market is posted for Kimani Vidal, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Kimani Vidal has been on the field for 27 percent of LAC snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 5 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 8 times for 57 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 21 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

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 Kimani Vidal played 13 games and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He carried 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brian Robinson Jr. was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kimani Vidal scored 9.1 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson Jr. 3.7, 5.4 a game between them.

Brian Robinson Jr. finished RB63 that year and Kimani Vidal RB42.

Kimani Vidal had 63 more carries than Brian Robinson Jr., 155 to 92.

Kimani Vidal had 8 more catches than Brian Robinson Jr., 16 to 8.

This season Brian Robinson Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 31 percent against 27 percent.

This season Brian Robinson Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 31 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Robinson Jr. is off in Week 11 and Kimani Vidal in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

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

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