Two players, one answer.

Jordan Watkins vs Samaje Perine

Any league · this week start/sit · Half PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Jordan Watkins · Samaje Perine

This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Samaje Perine by 14% (Redraft half PPR)
Dynasty
Jordan Watkins by 82% (Dynasty Superflex)

Week 8 · locked

Perine 2.4, Watkins —

Both games are over. Week 9's call opens once every Week 8 game is in (the morning after Monday night).

Rest of season Dynasty This week's other close calls

RB · CIN

Samaje Perine

2.4 final · 8.3 projected

vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

5.2 a game this season · last 3: 14.8, 7.6, 2.4

WR · SF

Jordan Watkins

0.0 projected

No game this weekBye

5.6 a game this season · last 3: 7, 2.7, 7.1

His game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
Jordan Watkins is on a bye this week.

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This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.