Should I start Derrick Henry or Alvin Kamara in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 10:26 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Derrick Henry: 61 percent of the snaps and 73 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Alvin Kamara's 33 percent of the snaps and 30 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 Alvin Kamara for Derrick Henry?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Derrick Henry projects 170 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.0 a game over 10 games), Alvin Kamara 62 (6.2 a game over 10 games). Alvin Kamara is listed questionable.

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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.

Derrick Henry

RB9 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Market-based projection: 16.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 17

Alvin Kamara

RB35 · NO · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Market-based projection: 8.1 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 117

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The gap

Board size332 draftable players

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 Derrick Henry, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Derrick Henry, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Alvin Kamara, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 58 percent of BAL snaps, taken 73 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 53 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 15 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 3.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against TEN he carried 23 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ATL he carried 24 times for 102 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 17 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 32 percent of NO snaps, taken 28 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 0.3 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Derrick Henry played 17 games and scored 279.5 PPR points, 16.4 a game, finishing RB8.

He carried 307 times for 1595 yards and 16 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 21 targets for 150 more yards.

That came to 18.1 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 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.

Derrick Henry was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 7.3 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Derrick Henry had 176 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 307 to 131.

Alvin Kamara had 18 more catches than Derrick Henry, 33 to 15.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 32 percent.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger share of the carries, 73 percent against 28 percent.

Byes and availability

Derrick Henry is off in Week 13 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Alvin Kamara for Derrick Henry?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Derrick Henry projects 170 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.0 a game over 10 games), Alvin Kamara 62 (6.2 a game over 10 games). Alvin Kamara is listed questionable.
Should I drop Derrick Henry for Alvin Kamara?
No. Keep Derrick Henry: he projects 170 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.0 a game over 10 games), Alvin Kamara 62 (6.2 a game over 10 games). Alvin Kamara is listed questionable.