What It Means:

This comes in response to Perine's poor showing in Thursday night's preseason opener against the Baltimore Ravens. The fourth-rounder led the team with 6 rushes for 15 yards, but he fumbled the ball, dropped a pass on third down, missed a blocking assignment, and looked indecisive at times as a runner. Kelley will remain in firm control of the starting job until Perine can improve on his ball control and pass-protection, both of which have been issues throughout camp.

numberFire's algorithms expect Perine to rush 144.3 times for 517.6 yards and 4.51 touchdowns with 15.5 receptions for 113.5 yards and 0.61 touchdowns in 2017. He is the 42nd-ranked fantasy running back in our models while Kelley ranks 31st.