Jaleel McLaughlin or Brian Robinson: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Jaleel McLaughlin over Brian Robinson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jaleel McLaughlin at 9.3 points and Brian Robinson at 8.4, a gap of 0.9. 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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Jaleel McLaughlin, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jaleel McLaughlin is 35 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 3, 3 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.4 fantasy points for Brian Robinson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brian Robinson is 34 rushing yards and 0.4 touchdowns (13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Jaleel McLaughlin 0.9 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

Jaleel McLaughlin is not on the injury report.

Brian Robinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jaleel McLaughlin played 10 percent of CLE snaps, took 2 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 2 against TB: 8 of 58 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 3 against CAR: 4 of 70 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 4 against PIT: 1 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 28 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 5 against NYJ: 14 of 68 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jaleel McLaughlin played 8 games for DEN and scored 31.4 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB82.

He ran 37 times for 187 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 4 of 6 targets for 27 yards.

He was on the field for 15 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

How Week 6 went

Jaleel McLaughlin scored 9.5 PPR points and Brian Robinson scored 3.0.

The call was right: Jaleel McLaughlin outscored Brian Robinson by 6.5.

Jaleel McLaughlin finished 0.2 points above the 9.3 the market projected.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 6 against BAL: 9 carries for 41 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 14 yards, 9.5 PPR points.

Jaleel McLaughlin finished as the week's RB21 in PPR scoring.

Brian Robinson finished 5.4 points below the 8.4 the market projected.

Brian Robinson, Week 6 against CHI: 2 carries for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards, 3.0 PPR points.

Brian Robinson finished as the week's RB45 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jaleel McLaughlin over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Jaleel McLaughlin.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Jaleel McLaughlin.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Brian Robinson.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Braelon Allen over Brian Robinson.