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Should I start Brian Robinson or Kyren Williams in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 7:21 PM ET.

Start Kyren Williams: 77 percent of the snaps and 63 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 Kyren Williams?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyren Williams projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.4 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson 44 (4.4 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

RB17 · LAR · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Market-based projection
17.7 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
60

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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 Kyren Williams, and the board ranks him 60th 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 Kyren Williams is 6.0 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, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 71 percent of LAR snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 39 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 6 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 2.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 16 times for 80 yards, caught 10 of 13 targets for 67 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against BUF he carried 16 times for 49 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against ARI he carried 10 times for 50 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

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 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyren Williams scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson 3.7, 11.8 a game between them.

Brian Robinson finished RB63 that year and Kyren Williams RB9.

Kyren Williams had 167 more carries than Brian Robinson, 259 to 92.

Kyren Williams had 28 more catches than Brian Robinson, 36 to 8.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 31 percent.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 56 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.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Brian Robinson for Kyren Williams?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyren Williams projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.4 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Kyren Williams for Brian Robinson?

    No. Keep Kyren Williams: he projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.4 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games).

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