Should I start Samaje Perine or Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 6.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Samaje Perine's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 36 percent of CIN snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he carried 4 times for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he carried 4 times for 10 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against ATL he carried 11 times for 43 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 32 percent of MIN snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 8 times for 26 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he carried 5 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BUF he carried 5 times for 16 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Samaje Perine played 15 games and scored 77.9 PPR points, 5.2 a game, finishing RB57.

He carried 84 times for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 17 of 21 targets for 87 more yards.

That came to 5.6 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 34 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Samaje Perine was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 4.7 a game between them.

Samaje Perine finished RB57 that year and Aaron Jones Sr. RB41.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 48 more carries than Samaje Perine, 132 to 84.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 11 more catches than Samaje Perine, 28 to 17.

This season Samaje Perine holds the bigger snap share, 36 percent against 32 percent.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 32 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.