Alvin Kamara or Travis Etienne Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Etienne Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 236th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Alvin Kamara at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Travis Etienne Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 33 percent of NO snaps, taken 34 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against LV he carried 9 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 7 times for 23 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 35 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 3, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 51 percent of NO snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against DET he carried 9 times for 46 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BAL he carried 8 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LV he carried 13 times for 57 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 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.

The season feed carries no line for Travis Etienne Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Travis Etienne Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 33 percent.

This season Travis Etienne Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 38 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Travis Etienne Jr. is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Alvin Kamara.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Travis Etienne Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Travis Etienne Jr. has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.