Start Blake Corum or Alvin Kamara? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Alvin Kamara over Blake Corum in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Alvin Kamara at 12.1 points and Blake Corum at 8.6, a gap of 3.5. Blake Corum's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.1 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Alvin Kamara at 37.5 rushing yards, 15.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (11, 16, 12 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.6 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Blake Corum at 39.5 rushing yards, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (17 and 17 market sources).

That puts Alvin Kamara 3.5 points ahead of Blake Corum on the market projections.

Injury status

Alvin Kamara was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Blake Corum was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Alvin Kamara played 31 percent of NO snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Alvin Kamara, Week 2 against BAL: 20 of 68 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 7 yards.

Alvin Kamara, Week 3 against LV: 24 of 74 snaps, 9 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Through Week 3, Blake Corum played 32 percent of LAR snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 2 against NYG: 28 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 79 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 3 against DEN: 25 of 86 snaps, 6 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Alvin Kamara played 11 games for NO and scored 100.7 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing RB46.

He ran 131 times for 471 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 33 of 39 targets for 186 yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 4 went

Alvin Kamara scored 22.8 PPR points and Blake Corum scored 3.1.

The call was right: Alvin Kamara outscored Blake Corum by 19.7.

Alvin Kamara finished 10.7 points above the 12.1 the market projected.

Alvin Kamara, Week 4 against ATL: 28 of 74 snaps, 7 carries for 23 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards, 2 touchdowns, 22.8 PPR points.

Alvin Kamara finished as the week's RB9 in PPR scoring.

Blake Corum finished 5.5 points below the 8.6 the market projected.

Blake Corum, Week 4 against PHI: 13 of 84 snaps, 5 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 3.1 PPR points.

Blake Corum finished as the week's RB55 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 4 calls

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