Start Kendre Miller or Samaje Perine? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kendre Miller over Samaje Perine in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kendre Miller at 11.4 points and Samaje Perine at 4.7, a gap of 6.7. Kendre Miller'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 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. Market coverage on Kendre Miller 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 11.4 fantasy points for Kendre Miller, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendre Miller is 46 rushing yards and 0-1 touchdowns (5 and 6 market sources).

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 Kendre Miller 6.7 points ahead of Samaje Perine on these projections.

Injury status

Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.

Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kendre Miller played 26 percent of NO snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendre Miller, Week 3 against LV: 14 of 74 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 4 against ATL: 19 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 5 against MIN: 14 of 45 snaps, 10 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kendre Miller, Week 6 against NYG: 20 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 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, Kendre Miller played 7 games for NO and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He ran 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 24 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 Aaron Jones Sr. over Kendre Miller.
• Start Kendre Miller over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Kendre Miller over Blake Corum.
• Start George Holani over Samaje Perine.
• Start Samaje Perine over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Samaje Perine.