Start Bijan Robinson or Ashton Jeanty? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Bijan Robinson over Ashton Jeanty in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Bijan Robinson at 21.2 points and Ashton Jeanty at 15.8, a gap of 5.4. No player market is posted for Ashton Jeanty this week yet, so his 15.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (16.1, 16.0 and 15.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Bijan Robinson at ADP 2 and Ashton Jeanty at 24.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 21.2 fantasy points for Bijan Robinson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bijan Robinson is 95 rushing yards, 23 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 1.2 touchdowns (12, 6, 6 and 11 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Ashton Jeanty yet. His market-based projections were 16.1, 16.0 and 15.2 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 15.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 0.6 touchdowns (5 market sources).

That puts Bijan Robinson 5.4 points ahead of Ashton Jeanty on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Bijan Robinson and ATL host CIN on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

CIN allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CIN and caught passes for 30 more yards.

Ashton Jeanty and LV visit SF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

SF allowed 22.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 79 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SF and caught passes for 48 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Ashton Jeanty has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Bijan Robinson is not on the injury report.

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Bijan Robinson played 72 percent of ATL snaps, took 66 percent of the carries, drew 15 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

Bijan Robinson, Week 5 against BAL: 52 of 64 snaps, 17 carries for 86 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Bijan Robinson, Week 6 against CHI: 43 of 55 snaps, 9 carries for 61 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for -8 yards.

Bijan Robinson, Week 7 against SF: 55 of 69 snaps, 20 carries for 63 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 45 yards.

Bijan Robinson, Week 8 against TB: 43 of 53 snaps, 19 carries for 76 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 8, Ashton Jeanty played 66 percent of LV snaps, took 55 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 5 against NE: 32 of 60 snaps, 10 carries for 27 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 50 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 6 against BUF: 38 of 66 snaps, 10 carries for 22 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 36 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 7 against LAR: 49 of 68 snaps, 8 carries for 15 yards, 8 targets and 8 catches for 61 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 8 against NYJ: 25 of 63 snaps, 2 carries for 9 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 64 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Bijan Robinson played 17 games for ATL and scored 370.8 PPR points, 21.8 a game, finishing RB2.

He ran 287 times for 1478 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 79 of 103 targets for 820 yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Ashton Jeanty played 17 games for LV and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He ran 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Bijan Robinson over Chase Brown.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Christian McCaffrey.
• Start Bijan Robinson over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Braelon Allen.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Bucky Irving.