Start Jeremiyah Love or Alvin Kamara? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Alvin Kamara over Jeremiyah Love in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Alvin Kamara at 9.8 points and Jeremiyah Love at 9.9, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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

Player markets imply 9.9 fantasy points for Jeremiyah Love, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jeremiyah Love is 45 rushing yards, 11 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 37% chance to score a touchdown (11, 12, 11 and 13 market sources).

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 39% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

That puts Jeremiyah Love 0.1 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

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

LAR allowed 20.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 88 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against LAR and caught passes for 43 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 6

Through Week 5, Jeremiyah Love played 50 percent of ARI snaps, took 56 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 12 carries for 22 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, 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 6 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Blake Corum over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Blake Corum.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Braelon Allen.