Start Kendre Miller or Brian Robinson Jr.? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 4:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Early kickoff: 9:30 AM ET in Madrid, set your lineup before then.
Start Kendre Miller over Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson is listed out, so Kendre Miller starts despite the lower projection.
- Market projects
- 7.0
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs RB
- 19.4
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 31%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 7.8
- recent weeks avg
- CIN D vs RB
- 17.9
- 4th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 31%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 4%
- Through Week 6
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Our Week 9 call
Start Kendre Miller over Brian Robinson in Week 9.
Brian Robinson is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Kendre Miller.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Brian Robinson yet. His market-based projections were 8.4 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 7.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Kendre Miller yet. His market-based projections were 6.9 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 7.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Brian Robinson 0.8 points ahead of Kendre Miller on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Brian Robinson and ATL host CIN on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
CIN allowed 17.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 81 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against CIN and caught passes for 32 more yards.
Kendre Miller and NO host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 20 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Kendre Miller has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Brian Robinson is listed as out with a hamstring injury.
Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
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 7, Kendre Miller played 31 percent of NO snaps, took 40 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.
Kendre Miller, Week 4 against ATL: 19 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.
Kendre Miller, Week 5 against MIN: 14 of 45 snaps, 10 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.
Kendre Miller, Week 6 against NYG: 32 of 72 snaps, 20 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.
Kendre Miller, Week 7 against PIT: 22 of 57 snaps, 8 carries for 6 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 22 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Kendre Miller played 7 games for NO and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.
He ran 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 yards.
He was on the field for 24 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Kendre Miller playing Week 9?
- Is Brian Robinson Jr. playing Week 9?
- Saints depth chart
- Falcons depth chart
- Week 9 RB rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings