Start Brian Robinson Jr. or Samaje Perine? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brian Robinson over Samaje Perine in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brian Robinson at 6.7 points and Samaje Perine at 6.1, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Brian Robinson's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Brian Robinson is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.7 fantasy points for Brian Robinson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brian Robinson is 27 rushing yards and 0.3 touchdowns (11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.1 fantasy points for Samaje Perine, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 21 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (7, 7, 7 and 12 market sources).

That puts Brian Robinson 0.6 points ahead of Samaje Perine on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Brian Robinson and ATL host SF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

SF allowed 22.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 11th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 80 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SF and caught passes for 43 more yards.

Samaje Perine and CIN visit BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 80 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against BAL and caught passes for 14 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Brian Robinson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brian Robinson is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Brian Robinson played 31 percent of ATL snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Brian Robinson, Week 5 against BAL: 14 of 64 snaps, 7 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brian Robinson, Week 6 against CHI: 10 of 55 snaps, 2 carries for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Through Week 5, Samaje Perine played 37 percent of CIN snaps, took 25 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Brian Robinson.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Brian Robinson.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Samaje Perine.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Samaje Perine.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Samaje Perine.