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30
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Kyle Williams or Samaje Perine

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Kyle Williams

Kyle Williams

WR • New England Patriots NE
Samaje Perine

Samaje Perine

RB • Cincinnati Bengals CIN
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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Williams over Perine

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Williams ... NAN%

BOTH ... NAN%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 7.2
REC REC YD REC TD FPTS
2 34.4 0.3 7.2
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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Perine over Williams

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Perine ... NAN%

BOTH ... NAN%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 7.59
RUSH ATT RUSH YD RUSH TD REC REC YD REC TD FPTS
5.71 24.13 0.23 1.09 8.77 0.21 7.59
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Outlook Samaje Perine

Samaje Perine vs. Tennessee — Rotational appeal in a favorable home matchup

Operating as the primary complementary back behind starter Chase Brown, Perine remains a steady rotational presence in Cincinnati's backfield. The Bengals are riding a two-game winning streak and enter Week 8 as massive home favorites against a 1-6 Titans team, creating an ideal positive game script where Cincinnati could rely heavily on the ground game to close things out.

Our weekly projection forecasts Perine for roughly 24 rushing yards on 5 to 6 carries with limited receiving involvement, landing at 7.6 fantasy points. Although his roster rate has crept up to 27%, he is started in just 9% of leagues, making him a touchdown-dependent deep-league option rather than a viable starting flex in standard formats.

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kyle Williams
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
00000
Season stats based on the past 7 days

REC YDS AVG LONG TD
11212.0120
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Samaje Perine
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
4164.01000
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
4164.01000
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Kyle Williams
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Samaje Perine
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kyle Williams
OWN
 
1%
-0.28 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.14 compared to last week
OWN/START Samaje Perine
OWN
28%
+7.88 compared to last week
START
10%
+6.41 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kyle Williams
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Samaje Perine
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kyle Williams

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among WR'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 84th with 20.70 total points (2.96 avg).
  • Currently 117.46 points behind the leader: Jaxon Smith-Njigba
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.4 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Ranked 105th in targets and is currently among WR.
  • Top 75 in Rec TDs with 1, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 66th among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

    Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +4, Rec Yards: +127 Rec TDs: +1,

    • Season Outlook

  • REC: 30, REC YDS: 385, REC TDS: 5
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 rank this player at 35th among RB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 41st with 30.70 total points (5.12 avg).
  • Currently 108.3 points behind the leader: Jahmyr Gibbs
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.5 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 50 in receptions and is currently ranked 50th among RB.
  • Top 50 in targets and is currently ranked 46th among RB.
  • Top 10 in Rec TDs with 1 and is currently ranked 8th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 75 in rush yards with 126 (21.00 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 53rd among RB.
  • Top 50 in rush tds with 1 (0.17 per game) and is currently ranked 37th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 1 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +27, Rush AVG: -0.4 Rush TDs: +1, Receptions: +1, Rec Yards: +37 Rec TDs: +1,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 95, RUSH YDS: 385, RUSH TDS: 6, REC: 15, REC YDS: 100, REC TDS: 1
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kyle Williams

No Injury Reported

Injury Samaje Perine

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kyle Williams

Week 8
New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
26.17346.3354602.71
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST'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 31st with 12.00 total points (2.00 avg).
  • Currently 57 points behind the leader: Vikings DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 13th in rush defense with 661 (110.17 per game).
  • Top 8 in pass defense with 1417 (236.17 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Top 18 in points against with 26.17 per game and currently ranked 17th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 26th in Total TDs with 0 (0.00 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -29.96, Turnovers: -1 Sacks: -8, INTs: +3, TDs: -1, Points Allowed: -3.12,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 43, INT: 10, TDS: 4, PA/G: 26.5, YDS/G: 370.6
Matchups Samaje Perine

Week 8
Cincinnati Bengals VS Tennessee Titans

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
22.29376.86751713.20
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST'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 15th with 42.00 total points (6.00 avg).
  • Currently 27 points behind the leader: Vikings DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 6 PPG. If you don"t have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 26th in rush defense with 918 (131.14 per game).
  • Ranked 26th in pass defense with 1720 (245.71 per game).
  • Top 16 in points against with 22.29 per game and currently ranked 16th among DST.
  • Top 4 in Total TDs with 1 (0.14 per game) and currently ranked 4th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +14, Turnovers: -1 Sacks: +4, INTs: +1, TDs: EVEN, Points Allowed: -5.14,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 44, INT: 10, TDS: 5, PA/G: 29.9, YDS/G: 366.7
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kyle Williams
4.84
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Samaje Perine
8.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Kyle Williams
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2011 SF 2 0 6 108 18.0 1 2 32 16 0
2012 SF 7 6 7 152 21.7 1 4 21 5.3 0
2013 SF 7 25 12 113 9.4 0 2 23 11.5 0
2018 BUF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
2018 BUF 1 1 1 9 9.0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 NE 14 22 11 227 20.6 3 2 3 1.5 0
2026 NE 6 12 6 147 24.5 1 0 0 0 0
ON PACE 15 29 15 357 24.5 2 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 5 8 4 79 19.7 1 1 1 1.3 0
Totals 41 72 45 770 17.1 6 11 80 7.3 1
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 6 31 126 4.1 1 10 7 61 8.7 1
ON PACE 17 88 357 4.1 3 28 20 173 8.7 3
3-YEAR AVG 17 53 240 4.6 2 38 32 294 9.2 0
Totals 120 604 2496 4.1 14 257 212 1713 8.1 8
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ARI @DAL
ATL @TB
BAL @BUF
CAR @GB
CHI @SEA
CIN vs TEN
CLE @PIT
DEN vs KC
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HOU vs BYE
IND @JAC
LAC @LAR
LV @NYJ
MIA vs NE
NO vs BYE
NYG vs BYE
PHI @WAS
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EDM @NYR 6:00 PM EST
MIN @WAS 3:30 PM EST
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