Start Blake Corum or Samaje Perine? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Blake Corum over Samaje Perine in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 6.0 points and Samaje Perine at 4.7, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Blake Corum at 33.5 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.7 fantasy points for Samaje Perine, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Samaje Perine at 14.5 rushing yards, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (16 and 15 market sources).

That puts Blake Corum 1.3 points ahead of Samaje Perine on the market projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 2 against NYG: 28 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 79 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 3 against DEN: 25 of 86 snaps, 6 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 4 against PHI: 13 of 84 snaps, 5 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Through Week 4, Samaje Perine played 34 percent of CIN snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Samaje Perine, Week 1 against TB: 18 of 64 snaps, 5 carries for 20 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards.

Samaje Perine, Week 2 against HOU: 24 of 60 snaps, 2 carries for 6 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 16 yards.

Samaje Perine, Week 3 against PIT: 18 of 57 snaps, 3 carries for 9 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.

He was on the field for 29 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 5 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Blake Corum.
• Start Bucky Irving over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Samaje Perine.
• Start Samaje Perine over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Samaje Perine over Dameon Pierce.