Should I start Quinshon Judkins or Samaje Perine in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.1 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.

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 59 percent of CLE snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 5 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 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.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 6.1 a game between them.

Quinshon Judkins finished RB26 that year and Samaje Perine RB57.

Quinshon Judkins had 146 more carries than Samaje Perine, 230 to 84.

Quinshon Judkins had 9 more catches than Samaje Perine, 26 to 17.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 35 percent.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger share of the carries, 60 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

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