Start Kyle Monangai or Alvin Kamara? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kyle Monangai over Alvin Kamara in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kyle Monangai at 9.8 points and Alvin Kamara at 9.8, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kyle Monangai this week yet, so his 9.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (9.3, 7.3 and 12.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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

No Week 6 player market is posted for Kyle Monangai yet. His market-based projections were 9.3, 7.3 and 12.9 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

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 Kyle Monangai 0.0 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Kyle Monangai and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 19.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 74 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against ATL and caught passes for 27 more yards.

Injury status

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable with a toe injury.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai played 41 percent of CHI snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Monangai, Week 1 against CAR: 32 of 75 snaps, 10 carries for 100 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Monangai, Week 2 against MIN: 25 of 74 snaps, 10 carries for 47 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 3 against PHI: 22 of 72 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 4 against NYJ: 50 of 93 snaps, 30 carries for 146 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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, Kyle Monangai played 17 games for CHI and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He ran 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 yards.

He was on the field for 41 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 Bhayshul Tuten over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Blake Corum.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Blake Corum.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Braelon Allen.