Tyler Warren or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tyler Warren at 12.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Alvin Kamara at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 90 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against KC he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 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 Warren was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Warren scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 1.9 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 and Alvin Kamara RB46, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Warren is a tight end and Alvin Kamara a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyler Warren is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Alvin Kamara.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.