Start Brian Robinson or Kaleb Johnson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brian Robinson over Kaleb Johnson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brian Robinson at 7.4 points and Kaleb Johnson at 6.4, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Brian Robinson this week yet, so his 7.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.5 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.7 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Brian Robinson yet. His market-based projections were 6.5 and 8.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 6.7 and 6.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Brian Robinson 1.0 points ahead of Kaleb Johnson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Brian Robinson and ATL host SF on Sunday at 1:00 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.

Injury status

Brian Robinson is not on the injury report.

Kaleb Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Brian Robinson played 33 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: 2 carries for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Through Week 6, Kaleb Johnson played 27 percent of GB snaps, took 29 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 3 against ATL: 24 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 6 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 4 against TB: 17 of 60 snaps, 8 carries for 42 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 5 against CHI: 9 of 61 snaps, 7 carries for 26 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 6 against DAL: 1 carry for -2 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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, 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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Brian Robinson.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Brian Robinson.
• Start Blake Corum over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start George Holani over Kaleb Johnson.