Should I start Samaje Perine or J.K. Dobbins in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 7.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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 J.K. Dobbins at 6.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 35 percent of CIN snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 7, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 41 percent of DEN snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 8 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against SEA he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 6 times for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Samaje Perine was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 6.4 a game between them.

Samaje Perine finished RB57 that year and J.K. Dobbins RB43.

J.K. Dobbins had 69 more carries than Samaje Perine, 153 to 84.

Samaje Perine had 6 more catches than J.K. Dobbins, 17 to 11.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 35 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Samaje Perine is off in Week 6 and J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.