Alvin Kamara or Tre Tucker: 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 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tre Tucker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Alvin Kamara at 9.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Tre Tucker at 9.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

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 4, Tre Tucker has been on the field for 64 percent of LV snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 15.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAC he caught 5 of 7 targets for 119 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 4 of 4 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 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 Tre Tucker played 17 games and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tre Tucker was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tre Tucker scored 9.5 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 0.4 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 and Tre Tucker WR38, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Alvin Kamara is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.