Start Samaje Perine or Tyler Goodson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Samaje Perine over Tyler Goodson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Samaje Perine at 6.1 points and Tyler Goodson at 3.1, a gap of 3.0. No player market is posted for Tyler Goodson this week yet, so his 3.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.5 and 2.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.1 fantasy points for Samaje Perine, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Samaje Perine is 21 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (7, 8, 7 and 13 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tyler Goodson yet. His market-based projections were 3.6 and 2.6 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 3.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tyler Goodson is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Samaje Perine 3.0 points ahead of Tyler Goodson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Samaje Perine and CIN visit BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 80 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against BAL and caught passes for 14 more yards.

Tyler Goodson and DAL visit PHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

PHI allowed 20.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against PHI and caught passes for 23 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Goodson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Samaje Perine is not on the injury report.

Tyler Goodson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

Through Week 6, Tyler Goodson played 14 percent of DAL snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Goodson, Week 3 against BAL: 11 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -5 yards.

Tyler Goodson, Week 4 against HOU: 16 of 78 snaps, 3 carries for 12 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tyler Goodson, Week 5 against TB: 3 of 60 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tyler Goodson, Week 6 against GB: 11 of 78 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 9 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, Tyler Goodson played 11 games for IND and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He ran 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Samaje Perine.
• Start Brian Robinson over Samaje Perine.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Samaje Perine.
• Start Corey Kiner over Tyler Goodson.
• Start Devin Singletary over Tyler Goodson.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Tyler Goodson.