Start Jeremiyah Love or Alvin Kamara? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Alvin Kamara over Jeremiyah Love in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Alvin Kamara at 11.1 points and Jeremiyah Love at 13.1, a gap of 2.0.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 13.1 fantasy points for Jeremiyah Love, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jeremiyah Love at 45.5 rushing yards, 11.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 55% chance to score a touchdown (9, 13, 12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Alvin Kamara at 32.5 rushing yards, 13.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 40% chance to score a touchdown (4, 4, 4 and 14 market sources).

That puts Jeremiyah Love 2.0 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Jeremiyah Love and ARI host DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 21.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 14th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 96 yards and a touchdown a game against DET and caught passes for 18 more yards.

Injury status

Jeremiyah Love is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jeremiyah Love played 50 percent of ARI snaps, took 54 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 27 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.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 3 against SF: 56 of 87 snaps, 21 carries for 90 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 4 against NYG: 30 of 66 snaps, 14 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -8 yards.

Through Week 4, Alvin Kamara played 33 percent of NO snaps, took 34 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 19 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.

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 5 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Quinshon Judkins over Alvin Kamara.