Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Alvin Kamara? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Alvin Kamara over Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Alvin Kamara at 9.8 points and Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 7.4, a gap of 2.4. No player market is posted for Alvin Kamara this week yet, so his 9.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (8.3, 10.3 and 10.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Alvin Kamara yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 10.3 and 10.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Alvin Kamara a 36% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.4 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jacory Croskey-Merritt is 40 rushing yards, with a 35% chance to score a touchdown (10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Alvin Kamara 2.4 points ahead of Jacory Croskey-Merritt on these projections.

Injury status

Alvin Kamara is not on the injury report.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt 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, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 45 percent of WAS snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 5 against NYG: 22 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 82 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Blake Corum.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Blake Corum over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.