Start Brian Robinson or Jacory Croskey-Merritt? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Brian Robinson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 8.5 points and Brian Robinson at 8.7, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. Drafters take Jacory Croskey-Merritt at ADP 119 and Brian Robinson at 210.

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 (12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jacory Croskey-Merritt is 40 rushing yards and 0.6 touchdowns (5 and 11 market sources).

That puts Brian Robinson 0.2 points ahead of Jacory Croskey-Merritt 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.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt and WAS visit SF on Monday at 8:15 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.

By points allowed to the position, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brian Robinson is not on the injury report.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable with a groin injury.

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, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 45 percent of WAS snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 5 against NYG: 22 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 82 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Brian Robinson.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Braelon Allen over Brian Robinson.
• Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.