Start Jeremy McNichols or Brian Robinson Jr.? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Brian Robinson over Jeremy McNichols in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Brian Robinson at 7.9 points and Jeremy McNichols at 6.7, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jeremy McNichols'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. 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.

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 0.2 touchdowns (6 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.7 fantasy points for Jeremy McNichols, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jeremy McNichols is 27 rushing yards and 0.3 touchdowns (8 and 7 market sources).

That puts Brian Robinson 1.3 points ahead of Jeremy McNichols 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.

Jeremy McNichols and WAS host PHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PHI allowed 21.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 117 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against PHI and caught passes for 20 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jeremy McNichols has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brian Robinson is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Jeremy McNichols is not on the injury report.

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 6, Jeremy McNichols played 18 percent of WAS snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

Jeremy McNichols, Week 6 against SF: 12 of 67 snaps, 5 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jeremy McNichols played 17 games for WAS and scored 72.7 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB58.

He ran 44 times for 221 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 25 of 31 targets for 196 yards.

He was on the field for 33 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jeremy McNichols, Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 2.1 PPR points.

Jeremy McNichols, Week 17 of 2025 against DAL: 18 of 44 snaps, 1 carry for -2 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 12 yards, 4.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Brian Robinson.
• Start Brian Robinson over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Jeremy McNichols.
• Start Jeremy McNichols over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Jeremy McNichols over George Holani.