Should I start Alvin Kamara or Jordan Mason in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 2.4 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 Jordan Mason is 2.3 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.

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, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 46 percent of MIN snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 34 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he carried 8 times for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BUF he carried 6 times for 35 yards, caught 2 of 3 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 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jordan Mason was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 1.1 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 that year and Jordan Mason RB36.

Jordan Mason had 28 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 159 to 131.

Alvin Kamara had 19 more catches than Jordan Mason, 33 to 14.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 37 percent.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 51 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

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