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Should I start Omarion Hampton or Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 5:11 PM ET.

Start Wan'Dale Robinson: 65 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Omarion Hampton's 38 percent of the snaps and 34 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 Wan'Dale Robinson for Omarion Hampton?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Omarion Hampton projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (8.4 a game over 10 games), Wan'Dale Robinson 78 (8.7 a game over 9 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.

RB38 · LAC · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 2-4

Overall rank
146

WR62 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
8.9 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
147

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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 Omarion Hampton, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Wan'Dale Robinson, and the board ranks him 147th 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 7 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 Wan'Dale Robinson is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 so far

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 7, Wan'Dale Robinson has been on the field for 66 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 6 of 7 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 3 of 7 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 7 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 Wan'Dale Robinson played 16 games and scored 217.9 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing WR14.

He caught 92 of 140 targets for 1014 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Wan'Dale Robinson was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Wan'Dale Robinson 13.6, 1.5 a game between them.

Omarion Hampton finished RB35 and Wan'Dale Robinson WR14, which are two different ladders.

Omarion Hampton is a running back and Wan'Dale Robinson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Omarion Hampton is off in Week 7 and Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Wan'Dale Robinson for Omarion Hampton?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Omarion Hampton projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (8.4 a game over 10 games), Wan'Dale Robinson 78 (8.7 a game over 9 games).

  • Should I drop Omarion Hampton for Wan'Dale Robinson?

    No. Keep Omarion Hampton: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (8.4 a game over 10 games), Wan'Dale Robinson 78 (8.7 a game over 9 games).

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