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Should I start Brian Robinson or Chuba Hubbard in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 7:21 PM ET.

Start Chuba Hubbard: 87 percent of the snaps and 84 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 Chuba Hubbard?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Chuba Hubbard projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.8 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.

RB16 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Overall rank
51

RB18 · CAR · bye 5

2026 vs carries line 3-2

Market-based projection
15.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
65

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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, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chuba Hubbard, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Brian Robinson is 6.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 3 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 Chuba Hubbard is 5.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Brian Robinson'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 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, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 80 percent of CAR snaps, taken 72 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 6 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CLE he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he carried 20 times for 122 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against PHI he carried 28 times for 120 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Chuba Hubbard played 15 games and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.

He carried 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 more yards.

That came to 8.9 carries a game at 3.8 yards a carry and 2.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brian Robinson was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chuba Hubbard scored 8.4 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson 3.7, 4.7 a game between them.

Brian Robinson finished RB63 that year and Chuba Hubbard RB38.

Chuba Hubbard had 42 more carries than Brian Robinson, 134 to 92.

Chuba Hubbard had 22 more catches than Brian Robinson, 30 to 8.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 31 percent.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger share of the carries, 72 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Robinson is off in Week 11 and Chuba Hubbard in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Brian Robinson for Chuba Hubbard?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Chuba Hubbard projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 11 games), Brian Robinson 42 (4.2 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Chuba Hubbard for Brian Robinson?

    No. Keep Chuba Hubbard: he projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 11 games), Brian Robinson 42 (4.2 a game over 10 games).

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