Start Samaje Perine or Roschon Johnson? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Samaje Perine over Roschon Johnson in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Samaje Perine at 6.7 points and Roschon Johnson at 5.3, a gap of 1.5. No player market is posted for Samaje Perine this week yet, so his 6.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (6.6 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Roschon Johnson this week yet, so his 5.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (5.5, 6.8 and 3.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Samaje Perine yet. His market-based projections were 6.6 and 6.8 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 6.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Roschon Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 5.5, 6.8 and 3.4 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Samaje Perine 1.5 points ahead of Roschon Johnson on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Samaje Perine and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 24.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and a touchdown a game against ATL and caught passes for 39 more yards.

Roschon Johnson and CHI host TB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

TB allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 65 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against TB and caught passes for 37 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 9

Through Week 8, Samaje Perine played 35 percent of CIN snaps, took 23 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Samaje Perine, Week 8 against TEN: 4 carries for 10 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

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 9 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Samaje Perine.
• Start Blake Corum over Samaje Perine.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Samaje Perine.
• Start Roschon Johnson over Corey Kiner.
• Start Dylan Sampson over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Roschon Johnson over George Holani.