Start Samaje Perine or Sione Vaki? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 5:11 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Samaje Perine over Sione Vaki
- Market projects
- 5.6
- fantasy pts
- ATL D vs RB
- 25.9
- 5th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 35%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 4%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 3.6
- fantasy pts
- MIA D vs RB
- 25.0
- 8th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 24%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 2%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Sione Vaki for Samaje Perine?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Samaje Perine projects 53 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 9 games), Sione Vaki 14 (1.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Samaje Perine over Sione Vaki, 5.6 to 3.7 projected PPR points.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Samaje Perine over Sione Vaki in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Samaje Perine at 5.6 points and Sione Vaki at 3.6, a gap of 2.0. Sione Vaki'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.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 5.6 fantasy points for Samaje Perine, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 18 rushing yards, 6 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (8, 7, 8 and 12 market sources).
Player markets imply 3.7 fantasy points for Sione Vaki, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 16 rushing yards and 0.2 touchdowns (10 and 12 market sources).
That puts Samaje Perine 2.0 points ahead of Sione Vaki on the market projections.
Week 9 matchups
Samaje Perine and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
ATL allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 5th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 110 yards and a touchdown a game against ATL and caught passes for 34 more yards.
Sione Vaki and DET visit MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
MIA allowed 25.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 106 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIA and caught passes for 41 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Samaje Perine has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.
Sione Vaki 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: 26 of 74 snaps, 4 carries for 10 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.
Through Week 8, Sione Vaki played 24 percent of DET snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.
Sione Vaki, Week 4 against CAR: 12 of 71 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 5 against ARI: 23 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 7 against GB: 9 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 8 against MIN: 20 of 72 snaps, 11 carries for 65 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 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, Sione Vaki played 11 games for DET and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.
He ran 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.
He was on the field for 0 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Sione Vaki for Samaje Perine?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Samaje Perine projects 53 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 9 games), Sione Vaki 14 (1.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Samaje Perine over Sione Vaki, 5.6 to 3.7 projected PPR points.
Should I drop Samaje Perine for Sione Vaki?
No. Keep Samaje Perine: he projects 53 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 9 games), Sione Vaki 14 (1.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Samaje Perine over Sione Vaki, 5.6 to 3.7 projected PPR points.
Week 9 on the board
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- Is Sione Vaki playing Week 9?
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