Start Chris Brooks or Samaje Perine? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Chris Brooks over Samaje Perine in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Chris Brooks at 5.1 points and Samaje Perine at 5.0, a gap of 0.1. 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 Chris Brooks, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Chris Brooks at 14.5 rushing yards, 6.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16, 16 and 16 books).

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).

That puts Chris Brooks 0.1 points ahead of Samaje Perine on the books.

Injury status

Chris Brooks is not on the injury report.

Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Chris Brooks played 51 percent of GB snaps, took 28 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

Chris Brooks, Week 1 against MIN: 38 of 68 snaps, 7 carries for 29 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Chris Brooks, Week 2 against NYJ: 27 of 59 snaps, 4 carries for 11 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 15 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Chris Brooks played 17 games for GB and scored 32.7 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing RB81.

He ran 27 times for 106 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 13 of 17 targets for 91 yards.

He was on the field for 18 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chris Brooks, Week 18 of 2025 against MIN: 13 carries for 61 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 6.1 PPR points.

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.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Chris Brooks over Brian Robinson.
• Start Chris Brooks over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Chris Brooks.
• Start Samaje Perine over Brian Robinson.
• Start Samaje Perine over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Samaje Perine over Emari Demercado.