Start Brian Robinson or Samaje Perine? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Samaje Perine over Brian Robinson in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Samaje Perine at 5.0 points and Brian Robinson at 4.1, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Samaje Perine's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 5.1 fantasy points for Samaje Perine, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Samaje Perine at 14.5 rushing yards, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (11 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Brian Robinson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Brian Robinson at 23.5 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (16 and 16 books).

That puts Samaje Perine 0.9 points ahead of Brian Robinson on the books.

Injury status

Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.

Brian Robinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Samaje Perine played 34 percent of CIN snaps, took 15 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 6 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.

Through Week 2, Brian Robinson played 37 percent of ATL snaps, took 32 percent of the carries and drew 4 percent of the targets.

Brian Robinson, Week 1 against PIT: 15 of 60 snaps, 9 carries for 31 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brian Robinson, Week 2 against CAR: 33 of 69 snaps, 11 carries for 51 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Samaje Perine, Week 18 of 2025 against CLE: 8 carries for 42 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 10 yards, 8.2 PPR points.

In 2025, Brian Robinson played 17 games for SF and scored 62.5 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing RB63.

He ran 92 times for 400 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 12 targets for 25 yards.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Brian Robinson, Week 18 of 2025 against SEA: 6 of 42 snaps, 2 carries for 9 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.9 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Chris Brooks over Samaje Perine.
• Start Samaje Perine over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Samaje Perine over Emari Demercado.
• Start Chris Brooks over Brian Robinson.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Brian Robinson.
• Start Brian Robinson over Emari Demercado.