Should I start Cam Ward or Alvin Kamara in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Ward, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cam Ward is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Cam Ward's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 278 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 278 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.

In Week 6 against IND he completed 11 of 22 passes for 102 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 7 against CLE he completed 20 of 31 passes for 181 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 8 against CIN he completed 26 of 40 passes for 304 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 41 yards.

Through Week 9, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 37 percent of NO snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 7 times for 34 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PIT he carried 6 times for 5 yards, caught 7 of 7 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CLE he carried 6 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 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.

Cam Ward was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Ward scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 2.2 a game between them.

Cam Ward finished QB22 and Alvin Kamara RB46, which are two different ladders.

Cam Ward is a quarterback 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

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