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Should I start Cam Skattebo or Samaje Perine in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 11:26 PM ET.

Start Cam Skattebo: 45 percent of the snaps and 42 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Samaje Perine's 39 percent of the snaps and 32 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Samaje Perine for Cam Skattebo?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Cam Skattebo projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), Samaje Perine 25 (2.3 a game over 11 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB41 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Market-based projection
9.7 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
105

RB43 · CIN · bye 6

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Overall rank
115

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 2.3 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.

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 54 percent of NYG snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 18 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 37 percent of CIN snaps, taken 25 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he carried 14 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Samaje Perine was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 10.8 a game between them.

Cam Skattebo finished RB37 that year and Samaje Perine RB57.

Cam Skattebo had 17 more carries than Samaje Perine, 101 to 84.

Cam Skattebo had 7 more catches than Samaje Perine, 24 to 17.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 37 percent.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8 and Samaje Perine in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Samaje Perine for Cam Skattebo?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Cam Skattebo projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), Samaje Perine 25 (2.3 a game over 11 games).

  • Should I drop Cam Skattebo for Samaje Perine?

    No. Keep Cam Skattebo: he projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), Samaje Perine 25 (2.3 a game over 11 games).

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