Tony Pollard or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 91st highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price Alvin Kamara at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 88.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 173.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, taken 49 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYJ he carried 7 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against PHI he carried 14 times for 64 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tony Pollard played 17 games and scored 185.8 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing RB23.

He carried 242 times for 1082 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 41 targets for 206 more yards.

That came to 14.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 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.

Tony Pollard was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 1.8 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Tony Pollard had 111 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 242 to 131.

Both had 33 catches.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 29 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 49 percent against 35 percent.

Byes and availability

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.