Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Samaje Perine? Week 3
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Samaje Perine over Chris Rodriguez Jr.
- Books imply
- 4.9
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 34%
- Through Week 2
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 2
- Books imply
- 4.7
- fantasy pts
Our Week 3 call
Start Samaje Perine over Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 3.
De-vigged player props project Samaje Perine at 4.9 points and Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.7, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 4.9 fantasy points for Samaje Perine, with 100 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 4.7 fantasy points for Chris Rodriguez Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The books have Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 20.5 rushing yards, with a 29% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 14 books).
That puts Samaje Perine 0.2 points ahead of Chris Rodriguez Jr. on the books.
Injury status
Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. 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.
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.
Their other Week 3 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB38 · JAX · bye 7
2025 vs anytime td line 6-7
- Overall rank
- 146
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
Ranked behind
RB · CIN · bye unlisted
2025 vs anytime td line 3-12
- Overall rank
- not on the board
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- not tiered
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 3, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the boardone of them is not on the board
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersnot tiered
- Board size230 draftable players
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