Start Kendre Miller or Alvin Kamara? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kendre Miller over Alvin Kamara in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kendre Miller at 9.4 points and Alvin Kamara at 8.1, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Kendre Miller's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Kendre Miller is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Kendre Miller, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendre Miller is 35 rushing yards and 0.4 touchdowns (10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.1 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 24 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 12, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kendre Miller 1.3 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

Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Kendre Miller played 26 percent of NO snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendre Miller, Week 1 against DET: 26 of 90 snaps, 9 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kendre Miller, Week 3 against LV: 14 of 74 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 4 against ATL: 19 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 5 against MIN: 14 of 45 snaps, 10 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Kendre Miller played 7 games for NO and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He ran 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 24 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Kendre Miller over AJ Dillon.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Kendre Miller.
• Start Kendre Miller over Blake Corum.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Braelon Allen over Alvin Kamara.