Should I start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Alvin Kamara in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Rodriguez Jr., and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 9.3 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chris Rodriguez Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets.

His 1 target have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 6 times for 41 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 35 percent of NO snaps, taken 28 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 2 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for -6 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.

He carried 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 8.6 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 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.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Chris Rodriguez Jr. 7.1, 2.1 a game between them.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. finished RB51 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Alvin Kamara had 19 more carries than Chris Rodriguez Jr., 131 to 112.

Alvin Kamara had 30 more catches than Chris Rodriguez Jr., 33 to 3.

This season Alvin Kamara holds the bigger share of the carries, 28 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is off in Week 7 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.