Should I start Keenan Allen or Samaje Perine in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keenan Allen is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 2.1 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 60 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 5 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 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.

Keenan Allen was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 5.6 a game between them.

Keenan Allen finished WR29 and Samaje Perine RB57, which are two different ladders.

Keenan Allen is a wide receiver 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

Keenan Allen is off in Week 13 and Samaje Perine in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.