Should I start Marvin Harrison Jr. or Samaje Perine in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Marvin Harrison Jr.'s market-based projection is 6.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Samaje Perine's market-based projection is 5.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Harrison Jr., and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 19; 2QB: ADP 41.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Marvin Harrison Jr. has been on the field for 21 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 20.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 1 of 4 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 35 percent of CIN snaps, taken 23 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Marvin Harrison Jr. played 12 games and scored 127.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR49.

He caught 41 of 73 targets for 608 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 14.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 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.

Samaje Perine was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Marvin Harrison Jr. scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 5.5 a game between them.

Marvin Harrison Jr. finished WR49 and Samaje Perine RB57, which are two different ladders.

Marvin Harrison Jr. 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

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

What would change the answer

1.1 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.