Robinson was a surprise addition to the injury report earlier this week and hasn’t practiced up to the publication of this newsletter. Fantasy managers will want to pay close attention to his status in today’s practice – if he’s unable to go today, there’s a good chance that the Commanders could go into Week 5 down their top ballcarrier. That would make room for veteran RB Austin Ekeler to function as the de facto RB1 in his absence, though he’d have to be cleared of the concussion protocol between now and Sunday to be ready to go against the Browns. Of course, that RB1 role is more of a 1A role than a clear cut workhorse back (as we saw last week in Ekeler’s absence); with Ekeler out last week, the Commanders opted maintain the backfield by committee by heavily utilizing RB Jeremy McNichols alongside Robinson. It seems as though Kliff Kingsbury isn’t interested in either Robinson nor Ekeler handling any kind of bell-cow workload, which ultimately limits each back’s weekly upside significantly. However, with the Commanders leading the league in percentage of drives that end in points, there should be more than enough to go around for two running backs to be productive any given week. Ekeler would be a must start in Week 5 should Robinson miss regardless of McNichols’ presence in the timeshare.
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