Start Brian Robinson or Isiah Pacheco? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Brian Robinson over Isiah Pacheco
Right: 3.1 to 0.0
- Books imply
- 1.3
- fantasy pts
- PIT D vs RB
- 34.4
- 6th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 25%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 0%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 3.1
- PPR pts
- NO D vs RB
- 36.4
- 5th most to RBs (2026)
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Brian Robinson over Isiah Pacheco in Week 1.
Isiah Pacheco is listed inactive on our news wire, so this is not a close call: start Brian Robinson. Drafters take Brian Robinson at ADP 211 and Isiah Pacheco at 201. Market coverage on Brian Robinson is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Isiah Pacheco in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 1.3 fantasy points for Brian Robinson, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Isiah Pacheco and DET host NO.
NO allowed 36.4 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 5th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 163 yards and 2 touchdowns against NO and caught passes for 41 more yards.
Brian Robinson and ATL visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
PIT allowed 34.4 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 6th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 114 yards and no touchdowns against PIT and caught passes for 90 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Isiah Pacheco has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Isiah Pacheco was listed as inactive when the call was made.
Brian Robinson was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Isiah Pacheco played 13 games for KC and scored 87.3 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing RB56.
He ran 118 times for 462 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 19 of 26 targets for 101 yards.
He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Isiah Pacheco, Week 17 of 2025 against DEN: 15 of 43 snaps, 9 carries for 32 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 3.2 PPR points.
Isiah Pacheco, Week 16 of 2025 against TEN: 33 of 45 snaps, 8 carries for 34 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 41 yards, 13.5 PPR points.
Isiah Pacheco, Week 15 of 2025 against LAC: 28 of 61 snaps, 11 carries for 21 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2.1 PPR points.
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.
Brian Robinson, Week 18 of 2025 against SEA: 6 of 42 snaps, 2 carries for 9 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.9 PPR points.
Brian Robinson, Week 17 of 2025 against CHI: 11 of 72 snaps, 4 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 3.8 PPR points.
Brian Robinson, Week 16 of 2025 against IND: 10 of 66 snaps, 5 carries for 20 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2.0 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Brian Robinson scored 3.1 PPR points and Isiah Pacheco scored 0.0.
The call was right: Brian Robinson outscored Isiah Pacheco by 3.1.
Brian Robinson finished 1.8 points above the 1.3 the props implied.
Brian Robinson, Week 1 against PIT: 15 of 60 snaps, 9 carries for 31 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 3.1 PPR points.
Brian Robinson finished as the week's RB55 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB45 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs rush yds line 7-10
- Overall rank
- 169
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
Ranked behind
RB56 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 2-11
- Overall rank
- 227
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board58
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 10 and tier 12
- Board size244 draftable players
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