C.J. Stroud or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

C.J. Stroud's market-based projection is 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 180 players with a market-based projection.

Alvin Kamara's market-based projection is 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 180 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on C.J. Stroud: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 202 times and thrown 9.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 202 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 3 against IND he completed 16 of 27 passes for 167 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he completed 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

Through Week 5, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 32 percent of NO snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against LV he carried 9 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 7 times for 23 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 35 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 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.

C.J. Stroud was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 C.J. Stroud scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 6.3 a game between them.

C.J. Stroud finished QB21 and Alvin Kamara RB46, which are two different ladders.

C.J. Stroud 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

C.J. Stroud is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Alvin Kamara.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

8.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.