Start Dameon Pierce or Brian Robinson Jr.? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Brian Robinson over Dameon Pierce in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Brian Robinson at 7.9 points and Dameon Pierce at 6.0, a gap of 2.0. No player market is posted for Brian Robinson this week yet, so his 7.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (8.3, 8.4 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Dameon Pierce this week yet, so his 6.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.8, 10.4 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Brian Robinson yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 8.4 and 7.1 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 7.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brian Robinson is 0.3 touchdowns (3 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Dameon Pierce yet. His market-based projections were 3.8, 10.4 and 3.6 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 6.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Brian Robinson 2.0 points ahead of Dameon Pierce on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Brian Robinson and ATL visit TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 65 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against TB and caught passes for 37 more yards.

Dameon Pierce and PHI visit WAS on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

WAS allowed 19.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 78 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against WAS and caught passes for 36 more yards.

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

Injury status

Brian Robinson is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Dameon Pierce is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Brian Robinson played 31 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: 10 of 55 snaps, 2 carries for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Through Week 7, Dameon Pierce played 80 percent of PHI snaps, took 66 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 47 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: 61 of 64 snaps, 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Dameon Pierce, Week 7 against DAL: 42 of 62 snaps, 14 carries for 47 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 1 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Brian Robinson.
• Start Jeremiyah Love over Brian Robinson.
• Start Blake Corum over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over George Holani.