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Should I start Brian Robinson Jr. or Mark Andrews in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 7:16 PM ET.

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

Start Mark Andrews: 68 percent of the snaps and 16 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 Mark Andrews?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Mark Andrews projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.2 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.

RB26 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Overall rank
71

TE37 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
8.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
188

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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 Mark Andrews, and the board ranks him 188th 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 Mark Andrews is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 66 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 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 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Mark Andrews scored 7.7 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson Jr. 3.7, 4.0 a game between them.

Brian Robinson Jr. finished RB63 and Mark Andrews TE16, which are two different ladders.

Brian Robinson Jr. is a running back and Mark Andrews a tight end, 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 Mark Andrews 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 Mark Andrews?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Mark Andrews projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.2 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 Mark Andrews for Brian Robinson Jr.?

    No. Keep Mark Andrews: he projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.2 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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