Start Samaje Perine or Brian Robinson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Brian Robinson over Samaje Perine in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Brian Robinson at 6.1 points and Samaje Perine at 4.7, a gap of 1.4. 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 6.1 fantasy points for Brian Robinson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Brian Robinson at 35.5 rushing yards, with a 28% 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 Brian Robinson 1.4 points ahead of Samaje Perine on the market projections.

Injury status

Brian Robinson is not on the injury report.

Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Brian Robinson played 35 percent of ATL snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Brian Robinson, Week 3 against GB: 19 of 71 snaps, 10 carries for 50 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brian Robinson, Week 4 against NO: 24 of 57 snaps, 14 carries for 62 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards, 3 touchdowns.

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, 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.

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