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Start Samaje Perine or Alvin Kamara? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 5:21 AM ET.

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Start Alvin Kamara over Samaje Perine

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Alvin Kamara

RB · NO · vs CLE

Market projects
7.6
recent weeks avg
CLE D vs RB
19.4
8th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share
35%
Through Week 7
Target share
13%
Through Week 7
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Samaje Perine

RB · CIN · at ATL

Market projects
6.7
recent weeks avg
ATL D vs RB
24.6
8th most to RBs (2026)
Snap share
35%
Through Week 8
Target share
4%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Samaje Perine for Alvin Kamara?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Alvin Kamara projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 9 games), Samaje Perine 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Alvin Kamara over Samaje Perine.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Alvin Kamara over Samaje Perine in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Alvin Kamara at 7.6 points and Samaje Perine at 6.7, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Alvin Kamara this week yet, so his 7.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (8.2 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Samaje Perine this week yet, so his 6.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (6.6 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Alvin Kamara yet. His market-based projections were 8.2 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 7.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Samaje Perine yet. His market-based projections were 6.6 and 6.8 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 6.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Alvin Kamara 0.9 points ahead of Samaje Perine on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Alvin Kamara and NO host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 20 more yards.

Samaje Perine and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 24.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and a touchdown a game against ATL and caught passes for 39 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Samaje Perine has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Alvin Kamara is not on the injury report.

Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Alvin Kamara played 35 percent of NO snaps, took 28 percent of the carries, drew 13 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Alvin Kamara, Week 4 against ATL: 28 of 74 snaps, 7 carries for 23 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Alvin Kamara, Week 5 against MIN: 12 of 45 snaps, 3 carries for 12 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for -6 yards.

Alvin Kamara, Week 6 against NYG: 19 of 72 snaps, 7 carries for 34 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.

Alvin Kamara, Week 7 against PIT: 32 of 57 snaps, 6 carries for 5 yards, 7 targets and 7 catches for 57 yards.

Through Week 8, Samaje Perine played 35 percent of CIN snaps, took 23 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Samaje Perine, Week 4 against JAX: 27 of 76 snaps, 3 carries for 7 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Samaje Perine, Week 5 against MIA: 33 of 65 snaps, 14 carries for 68 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards, 1 touchdown.

Samaje Perine, Week 7 against BAL: 12 of 53 snaps, 4 carries for 16 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Samaje Perine, Week 8 against TEN: 4 carries for 10 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Alvin Kamara played 11 games for NO and scored 100.7 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing RB46.

He ran 131 times for 471 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 33 of 39 targets for 186 yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Samaje Perine played 15 games for CIN and scored 77.9 PPR points, 5.2 a game, finishing RB57.

He ran 84 times for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 17 of 21 targets for 87 yards.

He was on the field for 34 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Samaje Perine for Alvin Kamara?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Alvin Kamara projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 9 games), Samaje Perine 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Alvin Kamara over Samaje Perine.

  • Should I drop Alvin Kamara for Samaje Perine?

    No. Keep Alvin Kamara: he projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 9 games), Samaje Perine 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Alvin Kamara over Samaje Perine.

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