Start Brian Robinson or Kaleb Johnson? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Kaleb Johnson over Brian Robinson in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Kaleb Johnson at 6.6 points and Brian Robinson at 4.3, a gap of 2.4.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 6.6 fantasy points for Kaleb Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Kaleb Johnson at 35.5 rushing yards, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 17 books).

Player prop markets imply 4.3 fantasy points for Brian Robinson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Brian Robinson at 22.5 rushing yards, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 15 books).

That puts Kaleb Johnson 2.4 points ahead of Brian Robinson on the books.

Injury status

Kaleb Johnson is not on the injury report.

Brian Robinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Kaleb Johnson played 27 percent of GB snaps, took 44 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 2 against NYJ: 16 of 59 snaps, 8 carries for 32 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 2, Brian Robinson played 37 percent of ATL snaps, took 32 percent of the carries and drew 4 percent of the targets.

Brian Robinson, Week 1 against PIT: 15 of 60 snaps, 9 carries for 31 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brian Robinson, Week 2 against CAR: 33 of 69 snaps, 11 carries for 51 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kaleb Johnson played 10 games for PIT and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He ran 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 15 of 2025 against MIA: 2 of 66 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.4 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.

How Week 3 went

Kaleb Johnson scored 2.6 PPR points and Brian Robinson scored 11.0.

The call was wrong: Brian Robinson outscored Kaleb Johnson by 8.4.

Kaleb Johnson finished 4.0 points below the 6.6 the props implied.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 3 against ATL: 4 carries for 6 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards, 2.6 PPR points.

Kaleb Johnson finished as the week's RB4 in PPR scoring.

Brian Robinson finished 6.7 points above the 4.3 the props implied.

Brian Robinson, Week 3 against GB: 10 carries for 50 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.0 PPR points.

Brian Robinson finished as the week's RB2 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Kaleb Johnson over Chris Brooks.
• Start Kaleb Johnson over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Chris Brooks over Brian Robinson.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Brian Robinson.
• Start Brian Robinson over Emari Demercado.