Travis Etienne Jr. or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Etienne Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 55.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 178.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Travis Etienne Jr. at 2.9 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 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.

Travis Etienne Jr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 57 percent of NO snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.8 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.

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

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

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.

Head to head

This season Travis Etienne Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 29 percent.

This season Alvin Kamara holds the bigger share of the carries, 35 percent against 33 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

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