Start Brian Robinson Jr. or Kenny Gainwell? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 5:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Kenny Gainwell over Brian Robinson
Gainwell projects lower, 6.1 to 7.8, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 95 for Gainwell, 210 for Robinson.
- Market projects
- 6.0
- recent weeks avg
- CHI D vs RB
- 17.8
- 3rd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 37%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 7.8
- recent weeks avg
- CIN D vs RB
- 19.4
- 7th 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 Kenny Gainwell over Brian Robinson in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Kenny Gainwell at 6.0 points and Brian Robinson at 7.8, a gap of 1.7. Kenny Gainwell still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 95 against 210, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Kenny Gainwell this week yet, so his 6.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (6.5, 6.2 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Brian Robinson this week yet, so his 7.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (8.4 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
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 Kenny Gainwell yet. His market-based projections were 6.5, 6.2 and 5.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 6.1, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Kenny Gainwell is 0.2 touchdowns (10 market sources).
That puts Brian Robinson 1.7 points ahead of Kenny Gainwell on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Brian Robinson and ATL host CIN on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
CIN allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 7th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 86 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CIN and caught passes for 30 more yards.
Kenny Gainwell and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
CHI allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against CHI and caught passes for 33 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Brian Robinson has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Brian Robinson is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.
Kenny Gainwell 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 8, Kenny Gainwell played 37 percent of TB snaps, took 22 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
Kenny Gainwell, Week 5 against DAL: 26 of 72 snaps, 4 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 10 yards.
Kenny Gainwell, Week 6 against PIT: 11 of 74 snaps, 2 carries for 17 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Kenny Gainwell, Week 7 against CAR: 19 of 63 snaps, 14 carries for 88 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Kenny Gainwell, Week 8 against ATL: 30 of 60 snaps, 25 carries for 140 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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 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 Brian Robinson Jr. playing Week 9?
- Is Kenny Gainwell playing Week 9?
- Falcons depth chart
- Buccaneers 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