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Start Bijan Robinson or D'Andre Swift? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 10:56 AM ET.

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Start Bijan Robinson over D'Andre Swift

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Bijan Robinson

RB · ATL · vs CIN

Market projects
21.3
fantasy pts
CIN D vs RB
19.4
7th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
High
87 of 100 at RB
Snap share
72%
Through Week 8
Target share
15%
Through Week 8
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D'Andre Swift

RB · CHI · vs TB

Market projects
15.9
recent weeks avg
TB D vs RB
16.9
2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Rising
80 of 100 at RB
Snap share
60%
Through Week 8
Target share
11%
Through Week 8

Should I drop D'Andre Swift for Bijan Robinson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bijan Robinson projects 176 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (22.0 a game over 8 games), D'Andre Swift 122 (15.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bijan Robinson over D'Andre Swift.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Bijan Robinson over D'Andre Swift in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Bijan Robinson at 21.3 points and D'Andre Swift at 15.9, a gap of 5.4. No player market is posted for D'Andre Swift this week yet, so his 15.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (16.0, 16.3 and 15.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Bijan Robinson at ADP 2 and D'Andre Swift at 40.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 21.3 fantasy points for Bijan Robinson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bijan Robinson is 96 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 D'Andre Swift yet. His market-based projections were 16.0, 16.3 and 15.4 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 15.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Bijan Robinson 5.4 points ahead of D'Andre Swift 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.

D'Andre Swift and CHI host TB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

TB allowed 16.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 68 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against TB and caught passes for 33 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Bijan Robinson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Bijan Robinson is not on the injury report.

D'Andre Swift 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, D'Andre Swift played 60 percent of CHI snaps, took 52 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

D'Andre Swift, Week 5 against GB: 40 of 69 snaps, 9 carries for 43 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown.

D'Andre Swift, Week 6 against ATL: 45 of 77 snaps, 16 carries for 44 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 26 yards, 2 touchdowns.

D'Andre Swift, Week 7 against NE: 59 of 69 snaps, 22 carries for 78 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 yards, 1 touchdown.

D'Andre Swift, Week 8 against SEA: 27 carries for 69 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards, 3 touchdowns.

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, D'Andre Swift played 16 games for CHI and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He ran 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop D'Andre Swift for Bijan Robinson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Bijan Robinson projects 176 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (22.0 a game over 8 games), D'Andre Swift 122 (15.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bijan Robinson over D'Andre Swift.

  • Should I drop Bijan Robinson for D'Andre Swift?

    No. Keep Bijan Robinson: he projects 176 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (22.0 a game over 8 games), D'Andre Swift 122 (15.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bijan Robinson over D'Andre Swift.

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