Start Jeremiyah Love or Alvin Kamara? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Alvin Kamara over Jeremiyah Love in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Alvin Kamara at 10.0 points and Jeremiyah Love at 10.8, 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 10.8 fantasy points for Jeremiyah Love, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Jeremiyah Love at 38.5 rushing yards, 14.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 38% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14, 16 and 17 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, 9, 10 and 15 books).

That puts Jeremiyah Love 0.8 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Jeremiyah Love and ARI visit SF on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SF allowed 19.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against SF and caught passes for 24 more yards.

Injury status

Jeremiyah Love is not on the injury report.

Alvin Kamara is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Jeremiyah Love played 42 percent of ARI snaps, took 42 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 1 against LAC: 32 of 75 snaps, 11 carries for 41 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 2 against SEA: 20 of 50 snaps, 9 carries for 29 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 16 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 Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start David Montgomery over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Jadarian Price over Alvin Kamara.