Start Alvin Kamara or Devin Singletary? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Alvin Kamara over Devin Singletary in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Alvin Kamara at 7.1 points and Devin Singletary at 5.2, a gap of 1.9. Devin Singletary'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 7.1 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 17 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (9, 12, 12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Devin Singletary, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Devin Singletary is 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (10, 11 and 11 market sources).

That puts Alvin Kamara 1.9 points ahead of Devin Singletary on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Alvin Kamara and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PIT allowed 20.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 35 more yards.

Devin Singletary and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 18.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 76 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against HOU and caught passes for 22 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Alvin Kamara has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Devin Singletary is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Alvin Kamara played 31 percent of NO snaps, took 28 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Alvin Kamara, Week 6 against NYG: 19 of 72 snaps, 7 carries for 34 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Devin Singletary played 35 percent of NYG snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Devin Singletary, Week 1 against DAL: 25 of 69 snaps, 6 carries for 16 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Devin Singletary, Week 2 against LAR: 15 of 58 snaps, 3 carries for 9 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Devin Singletary, Week 6 against NO: 31 of 77 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 19 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, Devin Singletary played 17 games for NYG and scored 108.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing RB45.

He ran 119 times for 437 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 19 targets for 151 yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Braelon Allen over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Brian Robinson over Devin Singletary.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Devin Singletary.
• Start Devin Singletary over Corey Kiner.