Jaleel McLaughlin or Alvin Kamara: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Jaleel McLaughlin over Alvin Kamara in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jaleel McLaughlin at 9.3 points and Alvin Kamara at 8.2, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Jaleel McLaughlin, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jaleel McLaughlin is 35 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 3, 3 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.2 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 25 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 11, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jaleel McLaughlin 1.1 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Alvin Kamara and NO visit NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 20.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 15th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 100 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NYG and caught passes for 19 more yards.

Injury status

Jaleel McLaughlin is not on the injury report.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jaleel McLaughlin played 10 percent of CLE snaps, took 2 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 2 against TB: 8 of 58 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 3 against CAR: 4 of 70 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 4 against PIT: 1 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 28 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 5 against NYJ: 14 of 68 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jaleel McLaughlin played 8 games for DEN and scored 31.4 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB82.

He ran 37 times for 187 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 4 of 6 targets for 27 yards.

He was on the field for 15 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.

How Week 6 went

Jaleel McLaughlin scored 9.5 PPR points and Alvin Kamara scored 14.9.

The call was wrong: Alvin Kamara outscored Jaleel McLaughlin by 5.4.

Jaleel McLaughlin finished 0.2 points above the 9.3 the market projected.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 6 against BAL: 9 carries for 41 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 14 yards, 9.5 PPR points.

Jaleel McLaughlin finished as the week's RB21 in PPR scoring.

Alvin Kamara finished 6.7 points above the 8.2 the market projected.

Alvin Kamara, Week 6 against NYG: 7 carries for 34 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.9 PPR points.

Alvin Kamara finished as the week's RB10 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Jaleel McLaughlin.
• Start Jaleel McLaughlin over Brian Robinson.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Jaleel McLaughlin.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Braelon Allen over Alvin Kamara.