Two players, one answer.

Joshua Palmer vs Samaje Perine

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Joshua Palmer · Samaje Perine

Week 8 · PPR · 75% held up in 2025

Start Samaje Perine

On Sleeper's projections, Samaje Perine is projected 6 points ahead of Joshua Palmer. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 75% of the time.

RB · CIN

Samaje Perine

9.0 projected

vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

6.3 a game this season · last 3: 0.7, 15.8, 7.6

WR · BUF

Joshua Palmer

3.0 projected

vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

6.9 a game this season · last 3: 11.3, 1.3, 4.7

What the call rests on

  • Samaje Perine: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
  • Joshua Palmer: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 AM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
Same projections, scoredPerinePalmer
PPR93
Half PPR8.22.4
Standard7.31.8

What could change it before kickoff

Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with 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%.