Should I start Saquon Barkley or Brian Robinson Jr. in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 6:16 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Saquon Barkley and Brian Robinson Jr. are too close to call on usage: 29 percent of the snaps and 34 percent of the carries against 27 percent of the snaps and 32 percent of the carries over their last 3 games. 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.
RB39 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs carries line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 11.3 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 128
RB41 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 4-2
- Overall rank
- 163
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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 Saquon Barkley, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Robinson Jr., and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Saquon Barkley is 3.1 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.
The market has Brian Robinson Jr. at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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.
Saquon Barkley's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 33 percent of PHI snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 4 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 41 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.
In Week 4 against LAR he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against DAL he carried 7 times for 62 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against WAS he carried 13 times for 30 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.
He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.
That came to 17-18 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.
He was on the field for 78 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 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson Jr. 3.7, 10.8 a game between them.
Saquon Barkley finished RB14 that year and Brian Robinson Jr. RB63.
Saquon Barkley had 188 more carries than Brian Robinson Jr., 280 to 92.
Saquon Barkley had 29 more catches than Brian Robinson Jr., 37 to 8.
This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger snap share, 33 percent against 31 percent.
This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger share of the carries, 36 percent against 31 percent.
Byes and availability
Saquon Barkley is off in Week 10 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.
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