Two players, one answer.
Samaje Perine vs Tez Johnson
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Samaje Perine · 9 to 7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Samaje Perine by 6% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Tez Johnson by 83% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 59% held up in 2025
Lean Samaje Perine
On Sleeper's projections, Samaje Perine is projected 2 points ahead of Tez Johnson. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 59% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
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 · TB
Tez Johnson
7.0 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5 a game this season · last 3: 7.4, 2.7, 12.7
What the call rests on
- Samaje Perine: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 3:20 AM ET
- Tez Johnson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 3:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 3:24 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 3:24 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, scored | Perine | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9 | 7 |
| Half PPR | 8.2 | 5.9 |
| Standard | 7.3 | 4.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
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%.