Start Samaje Perine or Roschon Johnson? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 2:06 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Samaje Perine over Roschon Johnson
- Market projects
- 5.6
- recent weeks avg
- TEN D vs RB
- 22.0
- 14th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 35%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 5.4
- recent weeks avg
- SEA D vs RB
- 20.9
- 15th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 21%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start Samaje Perine over Roschon Johnson in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Samaje Perine at 5.6 points and Roschon Johnson at 5.4, 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 Samaje Perine this week yet, so his 5.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (4.7 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Roschon Johnson this week yet, so his 5.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.9, 5.5 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Samaje Perine yet. His market-based projections were 4.7 and 6.6 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 5.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
No Week 8 player market is posted for Roschon Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 3.9, 5.5 and 6.8 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
That puts Samaje Perine 0.2 points ahead of Roschon Johnson on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Samaje Perine and CIN host TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
TEN allowed 22.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 105 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against TEN and caught passes for 32 more yards.
Roschon Johnson and CHI visit SEA on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
SEA allowed 20.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 71 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA and caught passes for 32 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Samaje Perine has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.
Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, Samaje Perine played 35 percent of CIN snaps, took 24 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
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.
Through Week 7, Roschon Johnson played 21 percent of CHI snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
Roschon Johnson, Week 4 against NYJ: 10 of 93 snaps, 4 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Roschon Johnson, Week 5 against GB: 27 of 69 snaps, 5 carries for 6 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 34 yards.
Roschon Johnson, Week 6 against ATL: 31 of 77 snaps, 13 carries for 51 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.
Roschon Johnson, Week 7 against NE: 10 of 69 snaps, 2 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Roschon Johnson played 7 games for CHI and scored 1.7 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB134.
He ran 2 times for 17 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.
He was on the field for 1 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Samaje Perine playing Week 8?
- Is Roschon Johnson playing Week 8?
- Bengals depth chart
- Bears depth chart
- Week 8 RB rankings
- Week 8 fantasy rankings
- Week 8 start or sit
- Week 8 waiver wire
- Week 8 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 8
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 8 kicker rankings
- Week 8 defense rankings