Start Samaje Perine or Keaton Mitchell? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 3:41 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Samaje Perine over Keaton Mitchell

- Market projects
- 6.6
- 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

- Market projects
- 4.4
- recent weeks avg
- BAL D vs RB
- 19.9
- 11th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 31%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop Keaton Mitchell 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), Keaton Mitchell 20 (2.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Samaje Perine over Keaton Mitchell.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Samaje Perine over Keaton Mitchell in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Samaje Perine at 6.6 points and Keaton Mitchell at 4.4, a gap of 2.2. No player market is posted for Keaton Mitchell this week yet, so his 4.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (4.6 and 4.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 6.6 fantasy points for Samaje Perine, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 24 rushing yards and 0.3 touchdowns (11 and 11 market sources).
No Week 10 player market is posted for Keaton Mitchell yet. His market-based projections were 4.6 and 4.2 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 4.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
That puts Samaje Perine 2.2 points ahead of Keaton Mitchell on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
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.
Keaton Mitchell and LAC visit BAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
BAL allowed 19.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 9 games, the 11th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 82 yards and a touchdown a game against BAL and caught passes for 17 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Samaje Perine has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.
Keaton Mitchell is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
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.
Through Week 9, Keaton Mitchell played 31 percent of LAC snaps, took 21 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
Keaton Mitchell, Week 5 against DEN: 23 of 67 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.
Keaton Mitchell, Week 6 against KC: 17 of 68 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Keaton Mitchell, Week 8 against LAR: 19 of 61 snaps, 4 carries for 6 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards.
Keaton Mitchell, Week 9 against HOU: 18 of 72 snaps, 7 carries for 33 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 34 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.
In 2025, Keaton Mitchell played 13 games for BAL and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.
He ran 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 yards.
He was on the field for 17 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 Keaton Mitchell 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), Keaton Mitchell 20 (2.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Samaje Perine over Keaton Mitchell.
Should I drop Samaje Perine for Keaton Mitchell?
No. Keep Samaje Perine: he projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games), Keaton Mitchell 20 (2.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Samaje Perine over Keaton Mitchell.
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Week 10 on the board
- Is Samaje Perine playing Week 10?
- Is Keaton Mitchell playing Week 10?
- Bengals depth chart
- Chargers depth chart
- Week 10 RB rankings
- Week 10 fantasy rankings
- Week 10 start or sit
- Week 10 waiver wire
- Week 10 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 10
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 10 kicker rankings
- Week 10 defense rankings