Should I start Jacob Saylors or Alvin Kamara in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacob Saylors, and the board ranks him 198th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 204th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jacob Saylors is 0.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 3, Jacob Saylors has been on the field for 3 percent of DET snaps, taken 0 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Jacob Saylors played 16 games and scored 1.1 PPR points, 0.1 a game, finishing RB136.

He carried 2 times for 11 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.1 carries a game at 6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 1 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.

Jacob Saylors was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Jacob Saylors 0.1, 9.1 a game between them.

Jacob Saylors finished RB136 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Alvin Kamara had 129 more carries than Jacob Saylors, 131 to 2.

Alvin Kamara had 33 more catches than Jacob Saylors, 33 to 0.

This season Alvin Kamara holds the bigger snap share, 35 percent against 3 percent.

This season Alvin Kamara holds the bigger share of the carries, 28 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacob Saylors is off in Week 6 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.