Start Alvin Kamara or Jonah Coleman? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Alvin Kamara over Jonah Coleman
- Books imply
- 1.3
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs RB
- 25.0
- 12th most to RBs (2026)
- KC D vs RB
- 11.7
- 7th fewest to RBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Alvin Kamara over Jonah Coleman in Week 1.
Alvin Kamara is priced by the books at 1.3 projected points. Jonah Coleman has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Alvin Kamara at ADP 159 and Jonah Coleman at 163. Market coverage on Alvin Kamara is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 1.3 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jonah Coleman in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Alvin Kamara and NO visit DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DET allowed 25.0 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 12th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 80 yards and a touchdown against DET and caught passes for 30 more yards.
Jonah Coleman and DEN visit KC.
KC allowed 11.7 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 7th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 54 yards and no touchdowns against KC and caught passes for 23 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Alvin Kamara has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Alvin Kamara was listed as questionable when the call was made.
Jonah Coleman was not on the injury report when the call was made.
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 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB29 · NO · bye 8
2025 vs rush yds line 2-9
- Overall rank
- 57
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB55 · DEN · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 221
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board164
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 12
- Board size244 draftable players
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