Should I start Omarion Hampton or Brian Robinson Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

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

By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 22.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Robinson Jr., and the board ranks him 180th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 2.3 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 has Brian Robinson Jr. at 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Omarion Hampton's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 46 percent of LAC snaps, taken 47 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 9 times for 45 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 14 times for 33 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Omarion Hampton played 9 games and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He carried 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 13.8 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 3.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Brian Robinson Jr. was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson Jr. 3.7, 11.4 a game between them.

Omarion Hampton finished RB35 that year and Brian Robinson Jr. RB63.

Omarion Hampton had 32 more carries than Brian Robinson Jr., 124 to 92.

Omarion Hampton had 24 more catches than Brian Robinson Jr., 32 to 8.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 31 percent.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger share of the carries, 47 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

Omarion Hampton is off in Week 7 and Brian Robinson Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

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