Start Jadarian Price or Alvin Kamara? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Jadarian Price over Alvin Kamara in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Jadarian Price at 10.7 points and Alvin Kamara at 10.0, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 10.7 fantasy points for Jadarian Price, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Jadarian Price at 51.5 rushing yards, with a 38% chance to score a touchdown (10 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Alvin Kamara at 27.5 rushing yards, 14.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (14, 10, 10 and 15 books).

That puts Jadarian Price 0.8 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on the books.

Injury status

Jadarian Price is not on the injury report.

Alvin Kamara is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Jadarian Price played 40 percent of SEA snaps, took 38 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Jadarian Price, Week 1 against NE: 24 of 50 snaps, 10 carries for 52 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Jadarian Price, Week 2 against ARI: 24 of 70 snaps, 13 carries for 52 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Through Week 2, Alvin Kamara played 29 percent of NO snaps, took 35 percent of the carries, drew 19 percent of the targets and had 25 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.

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.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jadarian Price.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jadarian Price.
• Start David Montgomery over Jadarian Price.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start David Montgomery over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Jeremiyah Love.