Alvin Kamara or Darnell Washington: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 178.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Alvin Kamara at 2.8 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.

The player markets price Darnell Washington at 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 167th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

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, 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.

Through Week 2, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 58 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darnell Washington was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 4.6 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 and Darnell Washington TE39, which are two different ladders.

Alvin Kamara is a running back and Darnell Washington a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Alvin Kamara is off in Week 8 and Darnell Washington in Week 9, 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.