Calvin Ridley or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 177.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 175.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 154th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The books have Alvin Kamara at 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 15 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Alvin Kamara's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 63 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 29 percent of NO snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against BAL he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Alvin Kamara played 11 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing RB46.

He carried 131 times for 471 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 33 of 39 targets for 186 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Alvin Kamara was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 2.4 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 and Alvin Kamara RB46, which are two different ladders.

Calvin Ridley is a wide receiver and Alvin Kamara a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Alvin Kamara is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.