Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Samaje Perine?

Not on these numbers alone. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.2 a game over 10 games) and Samaje Perine 50 (4.5 a game over 11 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

Should I start Samaje Perine or Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 5:01 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Pierre Strong Jr.: 49 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Samaje Perine's 39 percent of the snaps and 32 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Samaje Perine for Pierre Strong Jr.?

Not on these numbers alone. Samaje Perine projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.5 a game over 11 games) and Pierre Strong Jr. 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Samaje Perine

RB48 · CIN · bye 6

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Overall rank: 142

Pierre Strong Jr.

RB50 · GB · bye 11

Market-based projection: 7.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 145

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The gap

Board size311 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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 has Pierre Strong Jr. at 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

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.

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 37 percent.

This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 33 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

Samaje Perine is off in Week 6 and Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Samaje Perine for Pierre Strong Jr.?
Not on these numbers alone. Samaje Perine projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.5 a game over 11 games) and Pierre Strong Jr. 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Samaje Perine?
Not on these numbers alone. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.2 a game over 10 games) and Samaje Perine 50 (4.5 a game over 11 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.