Who Should I Start? Samaje Perine or Miles Sanders

Monday, September 18, 12:26 AM

Denver Broncos running back Samaje Perine was supposed to be sharing a bigger part of the backfield workload early in his first season in Denver as the team eased backfield mate Javonte Williams in after his ACL and LCL tears in Week 4 of 2022. But in the Week 2 loss to the Washington Commanders, Perine had just one carry for four yards and caught three of his four targets for 20 yards in the 35-33 loss at home. Rookie Jaleel McLaughlin had as many carries as Perine and took his handoff five yards to paydirt. In the season opener last week, Perine saw 12 touches for 78 yards, so this was a big-time disappointment. The full expectation is that Williams will eventually gain even more work in the Broncos' backfield, so Perine will enter the Week 3 matchup in Miami as tough to trust as an RB3/flex in deeper leagues.

Thursday, September 21, 6:59 PM

Carolina Panthers running back Miles Sanders heads into Week 3 looking for his first touchdown of the season after posting 115 scoreless rushing yards over two games. He will look to change that in Week 3's road matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle has been generous to opposing running backs in fantasy this season, allowing the seventh-most fantasy points per game to the position. Sanders has a good shot at getting into the end zone in what sets up as a favorable matchup for him in Week 3. Treat him as a mid-range RB2 this weekend.