Too close to call: Emmett Johnson (6.1) and Samaje Perine (6.1) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 9, and Emmett Johnson faces the 15th-softest defense against RBs.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Emmett Johnson RB · KC | Samaje Perine RB · CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 7.5 | 6.9 |
| StatChasers projection | 5.6 (RB44) | 6.9 (RB39) |
| Opponent | vs NYJ | vs ATL |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-softest (21.8 pts/g allowed) | 5th-softest (25.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 6% carry share (last 3) | 31% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Emmett Johnson projects for 6.1 PPR points and Samaje Perine for 6.1, within 0.0 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 6.1 PPR points for Emmett Johnson and 6.1 for Samaje Perine.
The sources range from 3.6 to 7.5 for Johnson and from 4.2 to 6.9 for Perine. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Samaje Perine is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Perine at 4.2 PPR points, against 3.6 for Emmett Johnson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Emmett Johnson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Johnson at 7.5 PPR points, against 6.9 for Samaje Perine.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Emmett Johnson plays NYJ and Samaje Perine plays ATL in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Johnson faces the 15th-softest defense against RBs and Perine faces the 5th-softest defense against RBs, so Samaje Perine has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Emmett Johnson has drawn 6% of his team's carries, and Samaje Perine 31% of his team's carries.
Samaje Perine has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Emmett Johnson nor Samaje Perine has an injury designation for Week 9.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Emmett Johnson is projected by 6 of them and Samaje Perine by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.