Should I start Brian Robinson Jr. or Kirk Cousins in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 7:16 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 21, 7:13 PM ET: Brian Robinson Jr.: Listed Questionable (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Kirk Cousins: 95 percent of the snaps and 0 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 Kirk Cousins?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kirk Cousins projects 145 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.5 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Brian Robinson Jr. 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.

Brian Robinson Jr.

RB26 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Overall rank: 71

Kirk Cousins

QB12 · LV · bye 13

2026 vs pass yds line 5-1

Overall rank: 86

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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 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kirk Cousins, and the board ranks him 86th 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 Kirk Cousins is 16.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback'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, Kirk Cousins has been on the field for 98 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 221 times and thrown 8.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 40 of 221 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 4 against KC he completed 31 of 49 passes for 365 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

In Week 5 against NE he completed 19 of 28 passes for 243 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 6 against BUF he completed 23 of 41 passes for 313 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

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 Kirk Cousins played 10 games and scored 108.5 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing QB35.

He threw for 1721 yards on 269 attempts with 10 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 7 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brian Robinson Jr. was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kirk Cousins scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson Jr. 3.7, 7.2 a game between them.

Brian Robinson Jr. finished RB63 and Kirk Cousins QB35, which are two different ladders.

Brian Robinson Jr. is a running back and Kirk Cousins a quarterback, 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 Kirk Cousins in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop Brian Robinson Jr. for Kirk Cousins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kirk Cousins projects 145 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.5 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable.
Should I drop Kirk Cousins for Brian Robinson Jr.?
No. Keep Kirk Cousins: he projects 145 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.5 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable.