Should I start Brian Robinson or Michael Penix Jr. in Week 6?
Updated Oct 18, 7:11 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Start Michael Penix Jr.: 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Brian Robinson's 30 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.
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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.
RB34 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 4-2
- Market-based projection
- 8.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 108
QB19 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Market-based projection
- 15.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 109
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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 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Penix Jr., and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Brian Robinson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Michael Penix Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 5
Through Week 5, Brian Robinson has been on the field for 33 percent of ATL snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.
His 4 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 3 against GB he carried 10 times for 50 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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.
Through Week 5, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 98 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 83 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 83 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.
In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.
In Week 5 against BAL he completed 19 of 32 passes for 240 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
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 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.
He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Brian Robinson was available for 8 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson 3.7, 10.0 a game between them.
Brian Robinson finished RB63 and Michael Penix Jr. QB33, which are two different ladders.
Brian Robinson is a running back and Michael Penix Jr. a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Michael Penix Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Both players in full
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