Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Samaje Perine? Week 9
Updated Nov 1, 8:46 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Latest
- : Chris Rodriguez Jr.: Listed Questionable (Hand) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Samaje Perine
- Market projects
- 9.1
- fantasy pts
- BAL D vs RB
- 19.4
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 22%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 6.7
- recent weeks avg
- ATL D vs RB
- 25.9
- 5th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 35%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 4%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Chris Rodriguez Jr. for Samaje Perine?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Samaje Perine projects 56 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 9 games), Chris Rodriguez Jr. 42 (4.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Samaje Perine. So make the move after his Week 9 game. Chris Rodriguez Jr. is listed questionable.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Samaje Perine in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 9.1 points and Samaje Perine at 6.7, a gap of 2.4. Chris Rodriguez Jr.'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 Samaje Perine this week yet, so his 6.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (6.6 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Market coverage on Chris Rodriguez Jr. 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 9.1 fantasy points for Chris Rodriguez Jr., with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Chris Rodriguez Jr. is 30 rushing yards and 0-1 touchdowns (5 and 11 market sources).
No Week 9 player market is posted for Samaje Perine yet. His market-based projections were 6.6 and 6.8 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 6.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).
That puts Chris Rodriguez Jr. 2.4 points ahead of Samaje Perine on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Chris Rodriguez Jr. and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
BAL allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against BAL and caught passes for 18 more yards.
Samaje Perine and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
ATL allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 5th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 110 yards and a touchdown a game against ATL and caught passes for 34 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Samaje Perine has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chris Rodriguez Jr. is listed as questionable with a hand injury.
Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 22 percent of JAX snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 0 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.
Through Week 8, Samaje Perine played 35 percent of CIN snaps, took 23 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
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.
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.
Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 28 of 54 snaps, 15 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.9 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 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, 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 56 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 9 games), Chris Rodriguez Jr. 42 (4.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Samaje Perine. So make the move after his Week 9 game. Chris Rodriguez Jr. is listed questionable.
Should I drop Samaje Perine for Chris Rodriguez Jr.?
No. Keep Samaje Perine: he projects 56 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.2 a game over 9 games), Chris Rodriguez Jr. 42 (4.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Samaje Perine. Chris Rodriguez Jr. is listed questionable.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Chris Rodriguez Jr. playing Week 9?
- Is Samaje Perine playing Week 9?
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- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings