Start Corey Kiner or Samaje Perine? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 8:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Corey Kiner over Samaje Perine

- Market projects
- 13.4
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs RB
- 18.2
- 4th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 13%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 1%
- Through Week 9

- Market projects
- 6.5
- fantasy pts
- PIT D vs RB
- 20.2
- 14th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 36%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 4%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop Corey Kiner 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), Corey Kiner 20 (2.9 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Corey Kiner over Samaje Perine, 13.4 to 6.6 projected PPR points. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Corey Kiner over Samaje Perine in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Corey Kiner at 13.4 points and Samaje Perine at 6.5, a gap of 6.9. Both numbers are 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 Corey Kiner 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 13.4 fantasy points for Corey Kiner, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 54 rushing yards and 0.6 touchdowns (9 and 10 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.6 fantasy points for Samaje Perine, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 23 rushing yards and 0.3 touchdowns (6 and 6 market sources).
That puts Corey Kiner 6.9 points ahead of Samaje Perine on the market projections.
Week 10 matchups
Corey Kiner and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
DET allowed 18.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 75 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 24 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, Samaje Perine has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.
Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, Corey Kiner played 13 percent of NE snaps, took 20 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
Corey Kiner, Week 6 against NYJ: 12 of 68 snaps, 11 carries for 57 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Corey Kiner, Week 7 against CHI: 6 of 54 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Corey Kiner, Week 8 against MIA: 11 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 38 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Corey Kiner, Week 9 against GB: 11 of 63 snaps, 8 carries for 55 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Corey Kiner played 4 games for ARI and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.
He ran 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards.
He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
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 Corey Kiner 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), Corey Kiner 20 (2.9 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Corey Kiner over Samaje Perine, 13.4 to 6.6 projected PPR points. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
Should I drop Samaje Perine for Corey Kiner?
No. Keep Samaje Perine: he projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games), Corey Kiner 20 (2.9 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Corey Kiner over Samaje Perine, 13.4 to 6.6 projected PPR points.
Week 10 on the board
- Is Corey Kiner playing Week 10?
- Is Samaje Perine playing Week 10?
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