Should I start Alvin Kamara or Khalil Herbert in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Herbert, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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 Khalil Herbert is 2.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 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, Khalil Herbert has been on the field for 17 percent of ATL snaps, taken 9 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against SF he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TB he carried 4 times for 12 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CIN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 2 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 Khalil Herbert played 7 games and scored 6.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB118.

He carried 16 times for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 more yards.

That came to 2.3 carries a game at 3.3 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Alvin Kamara was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Khalil Herbert 0.9, 8.2 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 that year and Khalil Herbert RB118.

Alvin Kamara had 115 more carries than Khalil Herbert, 131 to 16.

Alvin Kamara had 32 more catches than Khalil Herbert, 33 to 1.

This season Alvin Kamara holds the bigger snap share, 37 percent against 17 percent.

This season Alvin Kamara holds the bigger share of the carries, 27 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Alvin Kamara is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Khalil Herbert.