Dameon Pierce or Alvin Kamara: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Alvin Kamara in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 10.5 points and Alvin Kamara at 8.2, a gap of 2.3.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Dameon Pierce, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 53 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 11, 12 and 14 market sources).

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 25 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 11, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Dameon Pierce 2.3 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.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dameon Pierce played 77 percent of PHI snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

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.

How Week 6 went

Dameon Pierce scored 15.0 PPR points and Alvin Kamara scored 14.9.

The call was right: Dameon Pierce outscored Alvin Kamara by 0.1.

Dameon Pierce finished 4.5 points above the 10.5 the market projected.

Dameon Pierce, Week 6 against CAR: 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.0 PPR points.

Dameon Pierce finished as the week's RB9 in PPR scoring.

Alvin Kamara finished 6.7 points above the 8.2 the market projected.

Alvin Kamara, Week 6 against NYG: 7 carries for 34 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.9 PPR points.

Alvin Kamara finished as the week's RB10 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Braelon Allen over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Braelon Allen over Alvin Kamara.