Should I start Brian Robinson Jr. or MarShawn Lloyd in Week 7?
Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
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- : Brian Robinson Jr.: Listed Questionable (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start MarShawn Lloyd: 46 percent of the snaps and 36 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 MarShawn Lloyd?
Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 67 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.7 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.
RB28 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 4-2
- Overall rank
- 81
RB34 · GB · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 3-3
- Overall rank
- 105
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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 MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.
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 MarShawn Lloyd is 5.2 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.
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, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 39 percent of GB snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.
His 14 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 4 against TB he carried 7 times for 13 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 36 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against CHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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.
The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.
Head to head
This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger snap share, 39 percent against 31 percent.
This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger share of the carries, 41 percent against 31 percent.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Brian Robinson Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Brian Robinson Jr. for MarShawn Lloyd?
Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 67 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.7 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 MarShawn Lloyd for Brian Robinson Jr.?
No. Keep MarShawn Lloyd: he projects 67 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.7 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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