{"id":193024,"date":"2025-07-09T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/193024\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T08:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:00:14","slug":"commanders-running-back-under-pressure-to-earn-snaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/193024\/","title":{"rendered":"Commanders’ Running Back ‘Under Pressure’ To Earn Snaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commanders’ Running Back ‘Under Pressure’ To Earn Snaps<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In his three NFL seasons, Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr.<\/a> has been a consistent performer, without being the star back some thought he could develop into.<\/p>\n

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Posting at least 700+ rushing yards in each season, coupled with his best-ever return of eight rushing touchdowns last season, B-Rob now enters the final year of his rookie deal looking to show he deserves to stay beyond 2025.<\/p>\n

To do that, he must prove he is worthy of getting the majority of snaps in Kilff KIngsbury’s offense, with a handful of backs being used last year.<\/p>\n

For former NFL running back Maurice Jones-Drew, who, when ranking all 32 starters, has Robinson at No. 21, there’s pressure for the fourth-year back to get it done.<\/p>\n

“Robinson once again profiles as the lead back in a deep Commanders RB room that includes Austin Ekeler, Jeremy McNichols and Chris Rodriguez Jr.,” Jones-Drew writes<\/a>.\u00a0“Newly acquired weapon Deebo Samuel could also be used out of the backfield, so Robinson is under pressure to take advantage of his opportunities and build on his career-best season of 2024, especially with 2025 being a contract year.<\/p>\n

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“Kliff Kingsbury likes what he’s seen from Robinson during the offseason, so the physical, fourth-year pro should earn plenty of snaps if he can be effective behind an improved offensive line.”<\/p>\n

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Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) hands the ball to Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. (8) during the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers at Northwest Stadium.\u00a9 Amber Searls-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Robinson was by far the Commanders’ best running back last season, with over 100 more attempts than Austin Ekeler and double the touchdowns, but as a receiver, B-Rob wasn’t used as much compared to Austin (159 yards from 20 receptions compared to 366 yards from 35 receptions).<\/p>\n

So it is there where Robinson has to improve because the one thing we know about a Kingsbury offense is that he likes his backs to be weapons in the passing game, too.<\/p>\n

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In a contract year, Robinson has it all to do to show he is worthy of sticking around beyond 2025, so when he gets his chances, he’s got to make them count.<\/p>\n

Related: Commanders’ Young Defender Praised by Analyst<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Commanders Trade ‘Landing Spots’ for Terry McLaurin Miss Major Point<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 9, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commanders’ Running Back ‘Under Pressure’ To Earn Snaps originally appeared on Athlon Sports. In his three NFL seasons,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[4142,3011,260,9764,427,1705,7,734,8227,10308,11435,6,6746,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-193024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-austin-ekeler","9":"tag-brian-robinson","10":"tag-carolina-panthers","11":"tag-chris-rodriguez-jr","12":"tag-commanders","13":"tag-deebo-samuel","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-jayden-daniels","16":"tag-jeremy-mcnichols","17":"tag-kliff-kingsbury","18":"tag-maurice-jones-drew","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-rushing-yards","21":"tag-washington","22":"tag-washington-commanders","23":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114822226609417400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}