Jonathon Brooks · Samaje Perine · 2026 week 5

Jonathon Brooks or Samaje Perine?

Wondering who you should start this week — Jonathon Brooks or Samaje Perine? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Samaje Perine — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.4 points. The matchup leans Samaje Perine (MIA allow the 5th-most RB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 5	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Jonathon Brooks	vs DEN	5.9	7th · soft	4.7	–	IR
Samaje Perine START	@ MIA	6.3	5th · soft	2.1	–	healthy

RBs vs DEN recently: Bhayshul Tuten 12.2 pts (W2) · Kyren Williams 15.8 pts (W3) · Christian McCaffrey 13 pts (W4).

RBs vs MIA recently: Christian McCaffrey 18.6 pts (W2) · Kenneth Walker 19.3 pts (W3) · Aaron Jones 12.8 pts (W4).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.4 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Jonathon Brooks faces DEN, 7th most generous to RBs.
Jonathon Brooks is flagged OUT.
Samaje Perine faces MIA, 5th most generous to RBs.

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.