Should I start Ryan Flournoy or Samaje Perine in Week 7?
Updated Oct 22, 11:41 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Ryan Flournoy: his market-based projection is 2.1 points a game ahead of Samaje Perine's this season.
Should I drop Samaje Perine for Ryan Flournoy?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Ryan Flournoy projects 71 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 9 games), Samaje Perine 45 (4.5 a game over 10 games).
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR41 · DAL · bye 14
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 8.2 pts a game
RB35 · CIN · bye 6
2026 vs carries line 2-3
- Market-based projection
- 6.1 pts a game
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The gap
- Price difference2.1 points a game
- Board size321 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 the market projection.
The market-based projections
Ryan Flournoy's market-based projection is 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.
Samaje Perine's market-based projection is 6.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 134th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Ryan Flournoy, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.
This season so far
Through Week 6, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 7 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 41 two minute targets.
His 36 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.
In Week 4 against HOU he caught 4 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against GB he caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 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 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.
He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.
That came to 3-4 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 41 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.
Ryan Flournoy was available for 1 game more.
Side by side
In 2025 Ryan Flournoy scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 1.9 a game between them.
Ryan Flournoy finished WR57 and Samaje Perine RB57, which are two different ladders.
Ryan Flournoy 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
Ryan Flournoy is off in Week 14 and Samaje Perine in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
2.1 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.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Samaje Perine for Ryan Flournoy?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Ryan Flournoy projects 71 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 9 games), Samaje Perine 45 (4.5 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Ryan Flournoy for Samaje Perine?
No. Keep Ryan Flournoy: he projects 71 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 9 games), Samaje Perine 45 (4.5 a game over 10 games).
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