Start Kendre Miller or Alvin Kamara? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 5:01 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Alvin Kamara over Kendre Miller
- Market projects
- 7.6
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs RB
- 19.4
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 35%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 7.0
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs RB
- 19.4
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 31%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Kendre Miller for Alvin Kamara?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Alvin Kamara projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 9 games), Kendre Miller 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Alvin Kamara over Kendre Miller.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Alvin Kamara over Kendre Miller in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Alvin Kamara at 7.6 points and Kendre Miller at 7.0, a gap of 0.6. 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 7.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (8.2 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kendre Miller this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (6.9 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Alvin Kamara yet. His market-based projections were 8.2 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 7.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Kendre Miller yet. His market-based projections were 6.9 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 7.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Alvin Kamara 0.6 points ahead of Kendre Miller on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Alvin Kamara and NO host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 20 more yards.
Kendre Miller and NO host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 20 more yards.
Injury status
Alvin Kamara is not on the injury report.
Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 7, Alvin Kamara played 35 percent of NO snaps, took 28 percent of the carries, drew 13 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Alvin Kamara, Week 6 against NYG: 19 of 72 snaps, 7 carries for 34 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.
Alvin Kamara, Week 7 against PIT: 32 of 57 snaps, 6 carries for 5 yards, 7 targets and 7 catches for 57 yards.
Through Week 7, Kendre Miller played 31 percent of NO snaps, took 40 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Kendre Miller, Week 6 against NYG: 32 of 72 snaps, 20 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.
Kendre Miller, Week 7 against PIT: 22 of 57 snaps, 8 carries for 6 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 22 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.
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.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Kendre Miller for Alvin Kamara?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Alvin Kamara projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 9 games), Kendre Miller 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Alvin Kamara over Kendre Miller.
Should I drop Alvin Kamara for Kendre Miller?
No. Keep Alvin Kamara: he projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 9 games), Kendre Miller 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Alvin Kamara over Kendre Miller.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Kendre Miller playing Week 9?
- Is Alvin Kamara playing Week 9?
- Saints depth chart
- Week 9 RB rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings