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Should I start Chase Brown or Brian Robinson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 5:11 PM ET.

Start Chase Brown: 70 percent of the snaps and 56 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Brian Robinson'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 for Chase Brown?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Chase Brown projects 155 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 11 games), Brian Robinson 42 (4.2 a game over 10 games).

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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.

RB10 · CIN · bye 6

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Overall rank
23

RB12 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Market-based projection
8.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
42

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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 Chase Brown, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 5; 2QB: ADP 19.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Robinson, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chase Brown is 14.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 9 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 Brian Robinson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Chase Brown has been on the field for 70 percent of CIN snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 4 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against PIT he carried 13 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 9 times for 10 yards, caught 11 of 11 targets for 71 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he carried 13 times for 39 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Brian Robinson 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chase Brown played 17 games and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.

He carried 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 more yards.

That came to 13.6 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 4.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brian Robinson 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Chase Brown scored 16.6 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson 3.7, 12.9 a game between them.

Chase Brown finished RB7 that year and Brian Robinson RB63.

Chase Brown had 140 more carries than Brian Robinson, 232 to 92.

Chase Brown had 61 more catches than Brian Robinson, 69 to 8.

This season Chase Brown holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 31 percent.

This season Chase Brown holds the bigger share of the carries, 65 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

Chase Brown is off in Week 6 and Brian Robinson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Brian Robinson for Chase Brown?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Chase Brown projects 155 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 11 games), Brian Robinson 42 (4.2 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Chase Brown for Brian Robinson?

    No. Keep Chase Brown: he projects 155 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 11 games), Brian Robinson 42 (4.2 a game over 10 games).

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