Should I start Ollie Gordon or Samaje Perine in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ollie Gordon is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Ollie Gordon has been on the field for 48 percent of MIA snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 5 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 18 times for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ollie Gordon played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 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.

Ollie Gordon was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Samaje Perine scored 5.2 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon 3.2, 2.0 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon finished RB68 that year and Samaje Perine RB57.

Samaje Perine had 14 more carries than Ollie Gordon, 84 to 70.

Samaje Perine had 10 more catches than Ollie Gordon, 17 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 37 percent.

This season Ollie Gordon holds the bigger share of the carries, 36 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Ollie Gordon is listed as questionable on the injury report.