Start Dameon Pierce or Brian Robinson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brian Robinson over Dameon Pierce in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brian Robinson at 7.4 points and Dameon Pierce at 7.1, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Brian Robinson this week yet, so his 7.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.5 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Dameon Pierce this week yet, so his 7.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.8 and 10.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Brian Robinson yet. His market-based projections were 6.5 and 8.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dameon Pierce yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 10.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 7.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Brian Robinson 0.3 points ahead of Dameon Pierce on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

SF allowed 23.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 87 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against SF and caught passes for 45 more yards.

Dameon Pierce and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 118 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL and caught passes for 21 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Dameon Pierce has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brian Robinson is not on the injury report.

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Brian Robinson played 33 percent of ATL snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Brian Robinson, Week 6 against CHI: 2 carries for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce played 77 percent of PHI snaps, took 74 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 43 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.

Dameon Pierce, Week 6 against CAR: 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

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 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Brian Robinson.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Brian Robinson.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Dameon Pierce over George Holani.