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Should I start Alvin Kamara or Demarcus Robinson in Week 10?

Updated Nov 11, 12:16 AM ET.

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Start Demarcus Robinson: 49 percent of the snaps and 13 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Alvin Kamara's 43 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Demarcus Robinson for Alvin Kamara?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Alvin Kamara projects 57 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 8 games), Demarcus Robinson 39 (4.9 a game over 8 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB43 · NO · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 3-4

Market-based projection
12.0 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
129

WR54 · SF · bye 8

2025 vs anytime td line 1-13

Market-based projection
8.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
130

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Demarcus Robinson, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Demarcus Robinson is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

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.

Through Week 9, Demarcus Robinson has been on the field for 49 percent of SF snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 50 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 3 of 4 targets for 22 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 Demarcus Robinson played 14 games and scored 58.2 PPR points, 4.2 a game, finishing WR99.

He caught 22 of 35 targets for 276 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Demarcus Robinson was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Demarcus Robinson 4.2, 5.0 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 and Demarcus Robinson WR99, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Demarcus Robinson for Alvin Kamara?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Alvin Kamara projects 57 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 8 games), Demarcus Robinson 39 (4.9 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Alvin Kamara for Demarcus Robinson?

    No. Keep Alvin Kamara: he projects 57 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 8 games), Demarcus Robinson 39 (4.9 a game over 8 games).

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