Start Dameon Pierce or Brian Robinson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Brian Robinson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 11.3 points and Brian Robinson at 8.7, a gap of 2.7. Brian Robinson's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.7 fantasy points for Brian Robinson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brian Robinson is 35 rushing yards and 0.4 touchdowns (13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.3 fantasy points for Dameon Pierce, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 59 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 11, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Dameon Pierce 2.7 points ahead of Brian Robinson on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Brian Robinson and ATL host CHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CHI allowed 18.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CHI and caught passes for 28 more yards.

Injury status

Brian Robinson is not on the injury report.

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Brian Robinson played 33 percent of ATL snaps, took 32 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Brian Robinson, Week 2 against CAR: 33 of 69 snaps, 11 carries for 51 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Brian Robinson, Week 3 against GB: 19 of 71 snaps, 10 carries for 50 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brian Robinson, Week 4 against NO: 24 of 57 snaps, 14 carries for 62 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards, 3 touchdowns.

Brian Robinson, Week 5 against BAL: 14 of 64 snaps, 7 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 5, Dameon Pierce played 77 percent of PHI snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brian Robinson played 17 games for SF and scored 62.5 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing RB63.

He ran 92 times for 400 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 12 targets for 25 yards.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Brian Robinson.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Braelon Allen over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Braelon Allen.