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Should I start Jadarian Price or Alvin Kamara in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 10:46 AM ET.

Start Jadarian Price: 36 percent of the snaps and 35 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Alvin Kamara's 36 percent of the snaps and 23 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 Jadarian Price for Alvin Kamara?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Alvin Kamara projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 9 games), Jadarian Price 50 (6.3 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.

Jadarian Price

RB36 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 1-3

Market-based projection
5.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
111

Alvin Kamara

RB37 · NO · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Overall rank
133

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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 Jadarian Price, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jadarian Price is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Alvin Kamara is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Jadarian Price has been on the field for 36 percent of SEA snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 4.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 13 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CHI he carried 10 times for 29 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 8 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

Jadarian Price is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Jadarian Price holds the bigger snap share, 36 percent against 35 percent.

This season Jadarian Price holds the bigger share of the carries, 39 percent against 28 percent.

Byes and availability

Jadarian Price is off in Week 11 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jadarian Price for Alvin Kamara?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Alvin Kamara projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 9 games), Jadarian Price 50 (6.3 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Alvin Kamara for Jadarian Price?

    No. Keep Alvin Kamara: he projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 9 games), Jadarian Price 50 (6.3 a game over 8 games).

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