Should I start Jordan Mason or Samaje Perine in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jordan Mason is 1.9 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 1.9 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 46 percent of MIN snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 34 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he carried 8 times for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BUF he carried 6 times for 35 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 36 percent of CIN snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

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

In Week 8 against TEN he carried 4 times for 10 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against ATL he carried 11 times for 43 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 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.

Jordan Mason was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jordan Mason scored 8.1 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 2.9 a game between them.

Jordan Mason finished RB36 that year and Samaje Perine RB57.

Jordan Mason had 75 more carries than Samaje Perine, 159 to 84.

Samaje Perine had 3 more catches than Jordan Mason, 17 to 14.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 36 percent.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 51 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.