Should I start Josh Jacobs or Alvin Kamara in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Josh Jacobs's market-based projection is 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 75th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Alvin Kamara's market-based projection is 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 114th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Jacobs, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Josh Jacobs this season.

Through Week 6, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 31 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 Josh Jacobs played 15 games and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.

He carried 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 59 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.

Josh Jacobs was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Jacobs scored 15.8 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 6.7 a game between them.

Josh Jacobs finished RB13 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Josh Jacobs had 103 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 234 to 131.

Josh Jacobs had 3 more catches than Alvin Kamara, 36 to 33.

Byes and availability

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

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

4.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.