Start Kenny Gainwell or Brian Robinson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Brian Robinson over Kenny Gainwell in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Brian Robinson at 6.3 points and Kenny Gainwell at 6.0, a gap of 0.3. 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 6.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (4.2, 6.5 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Brian Robinson yet. His market-based projections were 4.2, 6.5 and 8.3 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.3, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Brian Robinson a 28% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Kenny Gainwell, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kenny Gainwell is 10 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (12, 7, 7 and 6 market sources).

That puts Brian Robinson 0.3 points ahead of Kenny Gainwell on these projections.

Injury status

Brian Robinson is not on the injury report.

Kenny Gainwell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Kenny Gainwell played 41 percent of TB snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 2 against CLE: 23 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 10 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 5 yards.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 3 against MIN: 32 of 69 snaps, 3 carries for -4 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 4 against GB: 27 of 64 snaps, 3 carries for 5 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 5 against DAL: 26 of 72 snaps, 4 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 10 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, Kenny Gainwell played 17 games for PIT and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He ran 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 yards.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Brian Robinson.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Braelon Allen over Brian Robinson.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over AJ Dillon.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Devin Singletary.