Should I drop Brian Robinson Jr. for Ty Johnson?

Not on these numbers alone. Brian Robinson Jr. projects 44 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.4 a game over 10 games) and Ty Johnson 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable.

Should I start Brian Robinson Jr. or Ty Johnson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 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 Brian Robinson Jr.: 27 percent of the snaps and 32 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Ty Johnson's 24 percent of the snaps and 2 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 Ty Johnson for Brian Robinson Jr.?

Not on these numbers alone. Ty Johnson projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games) and Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. 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.

RB28 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Overall rank: 81

Ty Johnson

RB · BUF · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 0-4

Overall rank: 274

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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 Ty Johnson, and the board ranks him 274th 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 Ty Johnson, 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, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 23 percent of BUF snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 72 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 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 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Ty Johnson scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson Jr. 3.7, 2.2 a game between them.

Brian Robinson Jr. finished RB63 that year and Ty Johnson RB47.

Brian Robinson Jr. had 42 more carries than Ty Johnson, 92 to 50.

Ty Johnson had 16 more catches than Brian Robinson Jr., 24 to 8.

This season Brian Robinson Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 31 percent against 23 percent.

This season Brian Robinson Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 31 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Robinson Jr. is off in Week 11 and Ty Johnson in Week 7, 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 Ty Johnson for Brian Robinson Jr.?
Not on these numbers alone. Ty Johnson projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games) and Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable.
Should I drop Brian Robinson Jr. for Ty Johnson?
Not on these numbers alone. Brian Robinson Jr. projects 44 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.4 a game over 10 games) and Ty Johnson 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable.