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Should I start Brian Robinson Jr. or Kyle Monangai in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET.

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  • : Brian Robinson Jr.: Listed Questionable (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Bears RB Kyle Monangai (toe, thumb) out Thursday vs. Patriots (ESPN)
  • : Kyle Monangai: Questionable to Out (Toe, Sprain) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Kyle Monangai: 41 percent of the snaps and 43 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.

Should I drop Brian Robinson Jr. for Kyle Monangai?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyle Monangai projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable. Kyle Monangai is listed out.

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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 · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 4-0

Overall rank
272

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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 Kyle Monangai, and the board ranks him 272nd 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 Kyle Monangai, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

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 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Monangai scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson Jr. 3.7, 5.0 a game between them.

Brian Robinson Jr. finished RB63 that year and Kyle Monangai RB30.

Kyle Monangai had 77 more carries than Brian Robinson Jr., 169 to 92.

Kyle Monangai had 10 more catches than Brian Robinson Jr., 18 to 8.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 31 percent.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger share of the carries, 39 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

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

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

Kyle Monangai is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Brian Robinson Jr. for Kyle Monangai?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyle Monangai projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable. Kyle Monangai is listed out.

  • Should I drop Kyle Monangai for Brian Robinson Jr.?

    No. Keep Kyle Monangai: he projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Kyle Monangai is listed out. Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable.

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