Start Cam Skattebo or Alvin Kamara? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Cam Skattebo over Alvin Kamara in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Cam Skattebo at 13.0 points and Alvin Kamara at 8.2, a gap of 4.8. Drafters take Cam Skattebo at ADP 40 and Alvin Kamara at 164.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.2 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 24 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (8, 11, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.0 fantasy points for Cam Skattebo, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 59 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (13, 6, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Cam Skattebo 4.8 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Alvin Kamara and NO visit NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 20.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 15th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 100 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NYG and caught passes for 19 more yards.

Cam Skattebo and NYG host NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 31.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the most in the league.

Running backs ran for 133 yards and 2.0 touchdowns a game against NO and caught passes for 27 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Cam Skattebo has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Cam Skattebo is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Alvin Kamara played 32 percent of NO snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 17 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.

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.

Alvin Kamara, Week 5 against MIN: 12 of 45 snaps, 3 carries for 12 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for -6 yards.

Through Week 5, Cam Skattebo played 65 percent of NYG snaps, took 57 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

Cam Skattebo, Week 2 against LAR: 34 of 58 snaps, 12 carries for 36 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 19 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 3 against TEN: 49 of 64 snaps, 20 carries for 60 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 4 against ARI: 43 of 67 snaps, 18 carries for 58 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 5 against WAS: 56 of 89 snaps, 13 carries for 59 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 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, Cam Skattebo played 8 games for NYG and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He ran 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Braelon Allen over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Cam Skattebo.