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Kaelon Black or Samaje Perine

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Kaelon Black

Kaelon Black

RB • San Francisco 49ers SF
Samaje Perine

Samaje Perine

RB • Cincinnati Bengals CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Black over Perine

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Kaelon Black

Kaelon Black vs. Denver — High-Value Handcuff Remains Firmly on Fantasy Benches

Now fully healthy after managing a minor groin issue earlier this month, rookie Kaelon Black is entrenched as the primary backup behind Christian McCaffrey. His offensive role has contracted since his 14-carry debut, logging just 11 rush attempts over the past two weeks combined as McCaffrey commands the backfield.

Our weekly projection forecasts Black for roughly 28 rushing yards on 6 to 7 carries and 5.1 fantasy points against Denver. While rostered in 62% of leagues, a 1% start rate shows fantasy managers rightly view him as an inactive option. Leave him benched unless McCaffrey misses time.

Updated 4 hrs ago

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Perine over Black

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Samaje Perine

Samaje Perine vs. Jaguars — Minimal Standalone Role in High-Scoring Matchup

Perine continues to serve as Cincinnati's primary backup behind Chase Brown, handling limited change-of-pace snaps. Over his last two games, Perine has registered only five rush attempts and four targets for 21 receiving yards, confirming a restricted touch floor in the Bengals' backfield rotation.

Even in an enticing, high-scoring home matchup against Jacksonville, Perine cannot be trusted in active lineups without expanded volume. Our weekly projection forecasts him for about 11 rushing yards on three carries alongside 14 receiving yards (4.6 fantasy points). Rostered in only 10% of leagues with zero starting traction, fantasy managers should keep him parked on benches as a pure handcuff.

Updated 4 hrs ago

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kaelon Black
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
4174.30000
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
11423.80000
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Samaje Perine
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
393.00150
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
5153.002210
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Kaelon Black
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Samaje Perine
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kaelon Black
OWN
62%
-10.65 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-1.51 compared to last week
OWN/START Samaje Perine
OWN
 
9%
-1.17 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.14 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kaelon Black
45th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Samaje Perine
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kaelon Black

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts rank this player at 45th among RB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 46th with 11.20 total points (3.73 avg).
  • Currently 69.1 points behind the leader: Jahmyr Gibbs
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.6 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 100 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 77th among RB.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 68th among RB.
  • Top 100 in Rec TDs with 0, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 91st among RB.
  • Ranked 109th in targets and is currently among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 35 in rush yards with 107 (35.67 per game) and is currently ranked 35th among RB.
  • He is top 75 in rush tds with 0 (0.00 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 60th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 3 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +107, Rush AVG: +4.3 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: +1, Rec Yards: +5 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
  • You do realize that this guy has no rushing touchdowns right?

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 100, RUSH YDS: 400, RUSH TDS: 4, REC: 10, REC YDS: 75, REC TDS: 1
Breakdown Samaje Perine

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts don't even rank him among RB's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 57th with 8.60 total points (2.87 avg).
  • Currently 71.7 points behind the leader: Jahmyr Gibbs
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.1 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 35 in receptions and is currently ranked 34th among RB.
  • Top 35 in targets and is currently ranked 34th among RB.
  • Top 75 in Rec TDs with 0, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 65th among RB.
  • Ranked 102nd in targets and is currently among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 75 in rush yards with 35 (11.67 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 64th among RB.
  • He is top 75 in rush tds with 0 (0.00 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 53rd among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +14, Rush AVG: -1.8 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: +3, Rec Yards: +45 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
  • You do realize that this guy has no rushing touchdowns right?

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 85, RUSH YDS: 325, RUSH TDS: 4, REC: 20, REC YDS: 130, REC TDS: 0
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kaelon Black

No Injury Reported

Injury Samaje Perine

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kaelon Black

Week 4
San Francisco 49ers VS Denver Broncos

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
23.33398.0044814.82
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 7th among DST's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 8th with 25.00 total points (8.33 avg).
  • Currently 15 points behind the leader: Vikings DST
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.7 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 30th in rush defense with 431 (143.67 per game).
  • Ranked 24th in pass defense with 763 (254.33 per game).
  • Top 8 in sacks with 8 (2.67 per game) and currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Top 2 in interceptions with 4 (1.33 per game) and currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 18 in points against with 23.33 per game and currently ranked 17th among DST.
  • Top 8 in Total TDs with 1 (0.33 per game) and currently ranked 7th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +183.6, Turnovers: EVEN Sacks: -8, INTs: +3, TDs: +1, Points Allowed: -1.87,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 60, INT: 14, TDS: 4, PA/G: 19.4, YDS/G: 295.6
Matchups Samaje Perine

Week 4
Cincinnati Bengals VS Jacksonville Jaguars

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
12.00337.3364803.50
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 15th among DST's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 3rd with 32.00 total points (10.67 avg).
  • Currently 8 points behind the leader: Vikings DST
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 4 in turnovers with 6 (2.00 per game) and is currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Top 8 in rush defense with 274 (91.33 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Ranked 22nd in pass defense with 738 (246.00 per game).
  • Top 10 in sacks with 8 (2.67 per game) and currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Top 2 in interceptions with 4 (1.33 per game) and currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 2 in points against with 12.00 per game and currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 12 in Total TDs with 0 (0.00 per game) and currently ranked 11th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +29.66, Turnovers: -3 Sacks: +2, INTs: -3, TDs: EVEN, Points Allowed: -5,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 27, INT: 13, TDS: 5, PA/G: 21, YDS/G: 322.6
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kaelon Black
7.91
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Samaje Perine
8.07
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Kaelon Black
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2026 SF 3 25 107 4.3 0 2 1 5 5.0 0
ON PACE 18 150 642 4.3 0 12 6 30 5.0 0
3-YEAR AVG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 3 25 107 4.3 0 2 1 5 5.0 0
Career Samaje Perine
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2017 WAS 13 175 603 3.4 1 24 22 182 8.3 1
2018 WAS 4 8 32 4.0 0 4 3 5 1.7 0
2019 MIA 1 5 16 3.2 0 0 0 0 0
2020 CIN 11 63 301 4.8 3 12 11 66 6.0 0
2021 CIN 15 55 246 4.5 1 31 27 196 7.3 1
2022 CIN 16 95 394 4.1 2 51 38 287 7.6 4
2023 DEN 16 53 238 4.5 1 56 50 455 9.1 0
2024 KC 16 20 92 4.6 1 35 28 322 11.5 1
2025 CIN 14 84 382 4.5 3 21 17 87 5.1 0
2026 CIN 3 10 35 3.5 0 7 5 51 10.2 0
ON PACE 18 60 210 3.5 0 42 30 306 10.2 0
3-YEAR AVG 17 53 240 4.6 2 38 32 294 9.2 0
Totals 117 583 2405 4.1 13 254 210 1703 8.1 7
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GB @TB
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