Should I start Alvin Kamara or Keenan Allen in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 3.1 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 Keenan Allen is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 59 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 14 of its 39 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 7 of 7 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 4 of 8 targets for 26 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 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keenan Allen was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 1.6 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 and Keenan Allen WR29, which are two different ladders.

Alvin Kamara is a running back and Keenan Allen a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.