Should I start Alvin Kamara or Tyler Goodson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Goodson, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Goodson is 1.4 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 37 percent of NO snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against CLE he carried 6 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 19 percent of DAL snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 10 times for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 7 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against IND he carried 12 times for 77 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Tyler Goodson played 11 games and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He carried 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 more yards.

That came to 0.8 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 11 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Tyler Goodson 0.5, 8.7 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 that year and Tyler Goodson RB121.

Alvin Kamara had 122 more carries than Tyler Goodson, 131 to 9.

Alvin Kamara had 31 more catches than Tyler Goodson, 33 to 2.

This season Alvin Kamara holds the bigger snap share, 37 percent against 19 percent.

This season Alvin Kamara holds the bigger share of the carries, 27 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Tyler Goodson is listed as out on the injury report.