Who Should I Start? Najee Harris or Brian Robinson Jr.

Sunday, October 13, 8:05 PM

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris turned 14 carries into 106 yards and a touchdown while adding two receptions for 16 yards on two targets in the team's Week 6 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. Harris broke free for a 36-yard scamper in the third quarter that resulted in his first trip to the end zone this season. After struggling with efficiency through the first five weeks, Harris gained 7.57 yards per carry on Sunday for a new career-high. Backfield mate Jaylen Warren ran clearly behind Harris and failed to make much of an impact in his first game back from a knee injury. Fantasy managers who have been relying on Harris' workload should be thrilled to see it translate to actual production this week. While it may be difficult for him to find similar success against the New York Jets in Week 7, Harris should remain a volume-based RB2 moving forward.

Saturday, October 12, 6:36 PM

Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. (knee) has been ruled out for the Week 6 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens. This seemed likely to happen considering Robinson wasn't able to practice all week. Robinson will sit out at least one game after suffering a knee injury during last week's win. The Commanders will likely split up the backfield duties between Austin Ekeler and Jeremy McNichols. Ekeler has been pretty quiet this season, but did rush for 67 yards on six carries last week. However, McNichols has been seeing more redzone work with three touchdowns over the last two games. The assumption is Ekeler does more of the passing catching while McNicols gets the early work on the ground. The Ravens have done a good job at slowing down running backs on the ground, so Ekeler has more upside between the two.