Should I start Harold Fannin Jr. or Samaje Perine in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Harold Fannin Jr.'s market-based projection is 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Samaje Perine's market-based projection is 6.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin Jr., and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Harold Fannin Jr. has been on the field for 88 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 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 Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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.

Harold Fannin Jr. was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. scored 11.7 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 6.5 a game between them.

Harold Fannin Jr. finished TE6 and Samaje Perine RB57, which are two different ladders.

Harold Fannin Jr. is a tight end and Samaje Perine a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

2.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.