Should I start Brian Robinson Jr. or Efton Chism III in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Robinson Jr., and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Brian Robinson Jr. at 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

The market-based projection for Efton Chism III is 5.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver'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 so far

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 7, Efton Chism III has been on the field for 63 percent of NE snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 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 Efton Chism III played 8 games and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.

He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 25.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brian Robinson Jr. was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brian Robinson Jr. scored 3.7 PPR points a game and Efton Chism III 2.1, 1.6 a game between them.

Brian Robinson Jr. is a running back and Efton Chism III a wide receiver, 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. No bye is listed for Efton Chism III.

Brian Robinson Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.