Start Brian Robinson Jr. or Pierre Strong Jr.? Week 8
Updated Oct 28, 10:31 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Brian Robinson over Pierre Strong Jr.
- Market projects
- 7.9
- recent weeks avg
- TB D vs RB
- 17.8
- 3rd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 31%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 4%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 5.8
- recent weeks avg
- CAR D vs RB
- 28.7
- 2nd most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 12%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 0%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start Brian Robinson over Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Brian Robinson at 7.9 points and Pierre Strong Jr. at 5.8, a gap of 2.2. No player market is posted for Brian Robinson this week yet, so his 7.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (8.3, 8.4 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Pierre Strong Jr. this week yet, so his 5.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (7.3 and 4.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Brian Robinson yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 8.4 and 7.1 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 7.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
The market-based projection for Brian Robinson is 0.2 touchdowns (6 market sources).
No Week 8 player market is posted for Pierre Strong Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 7.3 and 4.3 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 5.8, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
The market-based projection for Pierre Strong Jr. is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).
That puts Brian Robinson 2.2 points ahead of Pierre Strong Jr. on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Brian Robinson and ATL visit TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
TB allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 65 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against TB and caught passes for 37 more yards.
Pierre Strong Jr. and GB host CAR on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
CAR allowed 28.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Running backs ran for 127 yards and 1-2 touchdowns a game against CAR and caught passes for 29 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Pierre Strong Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Brian Robinson is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.
Pierre Strong Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
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, Pierre Strong Jr. played 12 percent of GB snaps, took 0 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Pierre Strong Jr., Week 7 against DET: 8 of 67 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
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Week 8 on the board
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- Is Pierre Strong Jr. playing Week 8?
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