Start Samaje Perine or Dameon Pierce? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Samaje Perine in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 7.1 points and Samaje Perine at 6.1, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Dameon Pierce this week yet, so his 7.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.8 and 10.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dameon Pierce yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 10.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 7.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 0.6 touchdowns (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.1 fantasy points for Samaje Perine, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 21 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (7, 8, 7 and 13 market sources).

That puts Dameon Pierce 1.1 points ahead of Samaje Perine on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Dameon Pierce and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 10th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DAL and caught passes for 24 more yards.

Samaje Perine and CIN visit BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 80 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against BAL and caught passes for 14 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Dameon Pierce has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce played 87 percent of PHI snaps, took 74 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

Dameon Pierce, Week 6 against CAR: 61 of 64 snaps, 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Samaje Perine played 37 percent of CIN snaps, took 25 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Samaje Perine, Week 2 against HOU: 24 of 60 snaps, 2 carries for 6 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 16 yards.

Samaje Perine, Week 3 against PIT: 18 of 57 snaps, 3 carries for 9 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 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 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Blake Corum over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Brian Robinson.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Samaje Perine.
• Start Brian Robinson over Samaje Perine.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Samaje Perine.