Start Emanuel Wilson or Alvin Kamara? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 5:21 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Emanuel Wilson over Alvin Kamara
- Market projects
- 9.6
- recent weeks avg
- ARI D vs RB
- 21.9
- 15th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 41%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 4%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 7.6
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs RB
- 19.4
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 35%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Alvin Kamara for Emanuel Wilson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Emanuel Wilson projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 8 games), Alvin Kamara 64 (7.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Emanuel Wilson over Alvin Kamara.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Emanuel Wilson over Alvin Kamara in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Emanuel Wilson at 9.6 points and Alvin Kamara at 7.6, a gap of 2.0. No player market is posted for Emanuel Wilson this week yet, so his 9.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (12.7, 10.5 and 5.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Alvin Kamara this week yet, so his 7.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (8.2 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Emanuel Wilson yet. His market-based projections were 12.7, 10.5 and 5.7 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 9.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Alvin Kamara yet. His market-based projections were 8.2 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 7.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Emanuel Wilson 2.0 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Emanuel Wilson and SEA host ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
ARI allowed 21.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 15th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against ARI and caught passes for 31 more yards.
Alvin Kamara and NO host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 20 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Emanuel Wilson has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Emanuel Wilson is not on the injury report.
Alvin Kamara is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 7, Emanuel Wilson played 41 percent of SEA snaps, took 55 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Emanuel Wilson, Week 5 against SF: 37 of 63 snaps, 20 carries for 61 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.
Emanuel Wilson, Week 6 against DEN: 27 of 85 snaps, 14 carries for 52 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Emanuel Wilson, Week 7 against KC: 33 of 69 snaps, 24 carries for 100 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.
Through Week 7, Alvin Kamara played 35 percent of NO snaps, took 28 percent of the carries, drew 13 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Alvin Kamara, Week 7 against PIT: 32 of 57 snaps, 6 carries for 5 yards, 7 targets and 7 catches for 57 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
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.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Alvin Kamara for Emanuel Wilson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Emanuel Wilson projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 8 games), Alvin Kamara 64 (7.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Emanuel Wilson over Alvin Kamara.
Should I drop Emanuel Wilson for Alvin Kamara?
No. Keep Emanuel Wilson: he projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 8 games), Alvin Kamara 64 (7.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Emanuel Wilson over Alvin Kamara.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Emanuel Wilson playing Week 9?
- Is Alvin Kamara playing Week 9?
- Seahawks depth chart
- Saints depth chart
- Week 9 RB rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings