Should I start Dylan Sampson or Samaje Perine in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dylan Sampson, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dylan Sampson is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

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

This season through Week 5

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Dylan Sampson this season.

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 Dylan Sampson played 15 games and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.

He carried 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 more yards.

That came to 4.3 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 25 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.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Dylan Sampson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 0.6 a game between them.

Dylan Sampson finished RB55 that year and Samaje Perine RB57.

Samaje Perine had 19 more carries than Dylan Sampson, 84 to 65.

Dylan Sampson had 16 more catches than Samaje Perine, 33 to 17.

Byes and availability

Dylan Sampson is off in Week 11 and Samaje Perine in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dylan Sampson is listed as ir on the injury report.