Start Emanuel Wilson or Alvin Kamara? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Alvin Kamara over Emanuel Wilson in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Alvin Kamara at 12.1 points and Emanuel Wilson at 10.1, a gap of 2.0.

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 (12, 17, 13 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.1 fantasy points for Emanuel Wilson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Emanuel Wilson at 47.5 rushing yards, 7.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 40% chance to score a touchdown (16, 5, 4 and 18 market sources).

That puts Alvin Kamara 2.0 points ahead of Emanuel Wilson on the market projections.

Injury status

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

Emanuel Wilson 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, Emanuel Wilson played 30 percent of SEA snaps, took 41 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 1 against NE: 3 of 50 snaps, 2 carries for 3 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 2 against ARI: 29 of 70 snaps, 21 carries for 92 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 3 against WAS: 24 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 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, Emanuel Wilson played 17 games for GB and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He ran 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 4 went

Alvin Kamara scored 22.8 PPR points and Emanuel Wilson scored 27.0.

The call was wrong: Emanuel Wilson outscored Alvin Kamara by 4.2.

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.

Emanuel Wilson finished 16.9 points above the 10.1 the market projected.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 4 against LAC: 36 of 60 snaps, 21 carries for 81 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards, 2 touchdowns, 27.0 PPR points.

Emanuel Wilson finished as the week's RB6 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 4 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Emanuel Wilson over Blake Corum.
• Start Braelon Allen over Emanuel Wilson.
• Start Emanuel Wilson over Brian Robinson.