Should I start Samaje Perine or Jameis Winston in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 11:41 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jameis Winston: 85 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets 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 Jameis Winston?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 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.

Samaje Perine

RB43 · CIN · bye 6

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Overall rank: 115

Jameis Winston

QB18 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs pass yds line 2-3

Market-based projection: 14.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 116

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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 Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jameis Winston, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

No season market is posted for Jameis Winston, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 6, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 88 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 178 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 178 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 yards.

In Week 6 against NO he completed 14 of 26 passes for 152 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

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 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Samaje Perine was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameis Winston scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 9.9 a game between them.

Samaje Perine finished RB57 and Jameis Winston QB46, which are two different ladders.

Samaje Perine is a running back and Jameis Winston a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop Samaje Perine for Jameis Winston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), Samaje Perine 25 (2.3 a game over 11 games).
Should I drop Jameis Winston for Samaje Perine?
No. Keep Jameis Winston: he projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), Samaje Perine 25 (2.3 a game over 11 games).