Should I start Quentin Johnston or Alvin Kamara in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Quentin Johnston is 1.5 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.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 2.5 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.

Quentin Johnston's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 35 percent of NO snaps, taken 28 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 2 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against PIT he carried 6 times for 5 yards, caught 7 of 7 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 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.

Quentin Johnston was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 3.1 a game between them.

Quentin Johnston finished WR34 and Alvin Kamara RB46, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.