Should I start Tyler Allgeier or Alvin Kamara in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Allgeier, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Tyler Allgeier, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 1.8 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.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 50 percent of ARI snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 4 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against LAR he carried 18 times for 38 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 8 times for 19 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he carried 11 times for 147 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Tyler Allgeier played 17 games and scored 123.0 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB39.

He carried 143 times for 514 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 96 more yards.

That came to 8.4 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 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.

Tyler Allgeier was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Tyler Allgeier 7.2, 1.9 a game between them.

Tyler Allgeier finished RB39 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Tyler Allgeier had 12 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 143 to 131.

Alvin Kamara had 19 more catches than Tyler Allgeier, 33 to 14.

This season Tyler Allgeier holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 35 percent.

This season Tyler Allgeier holds the bigger share of the carries, 35 percent against 28 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyler Allgeier is off in Week 14 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.