Alvin Kamara or Kyle Monangai: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 178.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 114.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Alvin Kamara at 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 15 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Kyle Monangai at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Alvin Kamara's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 29 percent of NO snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against BAL he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 38 percent of CHI snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 10 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 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 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 0.5 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 that year and Kyle Monangai RB30.

Kyle Monangai had 38 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 169 to 131.

Alvin Kamara had 15 more catches than Kyle Monangai, 33 to 18.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger snap share, 38 percent against 29 percent.

This season Alvin Kamara holds the bigger share of the carries, 35 percent against 29 percent.

Byes and availability

Alvin Kamara is off in Week 8 and Kyle Monangai in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.