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Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Samaje Perine? Week 10

Updated Nov 8, 10:31 PM ET.

Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Samaje Perine

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Chris Rodriguez Jr.

RB · JAX · at TEN

Market projects
8.2
recent weeks avg
TEN D vs RB
21.6
15th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Rising
70 of 100 at RB
Snap share
34%
Through Week 9
Target share
7%
Through Week 9
Sit

Samaje Perine

RB · CIN · vs PIT

Market projects
6.7
fantasy pts
PIT D vs RB
20.2
14th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
32 of 100 at RB
Snap share
36%
Through Week 9
Target share
4%
Through Week 9

Should I drop Chris Rodriguez Jr. for Samaje Perine?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Samaje Perine projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games), Chris Rodriguez Jr. 38 (4.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Samaje Perine. So make the move after his Week 10 game.

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Our Week 10 call

Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Samaje Perine in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 8.2 points and Samaje Perine at 6.7, a gap of 1.6. Samaje Perine'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. No player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. this week yet, so his 8.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (8.1 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 8.1 and 8.4 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 8.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

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

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 24 rushing yards and 0.3 touchdowns (9 and 10 market sources).

That puts Chris Rodriguez Jr. 1.6 points ahead of Samaje Perine on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Chris Rodriguez Jr. and JAX visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 21.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 15th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 100 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TEN and caught passes for 35 more yards.

Samaje Perine and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 20.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 70 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 47 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is not on the injury report.

Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 34 percent of JAX snaps, took 26 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 8 against IND: 12 of 54 snaps, 6 carries for 41 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 9 against BAL: 25 of 56 snaps, 10 carries for 19 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Samaje Perine played 36 percent of CIN snaps, took 27 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Samaje Perine, Week 7 against BAL: 12 of 53 snaps, 4 carries for 16 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Samaje Perine, Week 8 against TEN: 26 of 74 snaps, 4 carries for 10 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Samaje Perine, Week 9 against ATL: 23 of 57 snaps, 11 carries for 43 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games for WAS and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.

He ran 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 16 carries for 65 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.3 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.

Their other Week 10 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Chris Rodriguez Jr. for Samaje Perine?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Samaje Perine projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games), Chris Rodriguez Jr. 38 (4.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Samaje Perine. So make the move after his Week 10 game.

  • Should I drop Samaje Perine for Chris Rodriguez Jr.?

    No. Keep Samaje Perine: he projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games), Chris Rodriguez Jr. 38 (4.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Samaje Perine.

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