Start Samaje Perine or Jaylen Wright? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Jaylen Wright over Samaje Perine in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Jaylen Wright at 4.9 points and Samaje Perine 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. No player market is posted for Jaylen Wright this week yet, so his 4.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.2 and 4.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Samaje Perine this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.8 and 4.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Jaylen Wright yet. His market-based projections were 5.2 and 4.5 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Samaje Perine yet. His market-based projections were 4.8 and 4.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Jaylen Wright 0.2 points ahead of Samaje Perine on these projections.

Injury status

Jaylen Wright is not on the injury report.

Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Jaylen Wright played 13 percent of MIA snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Wright, Week 1 against LV: 4 of 56 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 2 against SF: 3 of 59 snaps, 2 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 4 against MIN: 12 of 39 snaps, 5 carries for 7 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 5 against CIN: 9 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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, Jaylen Wright played 10 games for MIA and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He ran 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 yards.

He was on the field for 14 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 7 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Jaylen Wright.
• Start George Holani over Jaylen Wright.
• Start George Holani over Samaje Perine.
• Start Samaje Perine over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Justice Hill over Samaje Perine.