Start MarShawn Lloyd or Alvin Kamara? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start MarShawn Lloyd over Alvin Kamara in Week 6.

Market-based projections have MarShawn Lloyd at 11.8 points and Alvin Kamara at 9.8, a gap of 2.0. 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 11.8 fantasy points for MarShawn Lloyd, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for MarShawn Lloyd is 41 rushing yards, 11 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 57% chance to score a touchdown (9, 8, 8 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 MarShawn Lloyd 2.0 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on these projections.

Injury status

MarShawn Lloyd is not on the injury report.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, MarShawn Lloyd played 39 percent of GB snaps, took 43 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 2 against NYJ: 16 of 59 snaps, 6 carries for 20 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 3 against ATL: 15 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 11 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 4 against TB: 33 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 13 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 36 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 5 against CHI: 27 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 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, 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 MarShawn Lloyd over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over MarShawn Lloyd.
• Start Bijan Robinson over MarShawn Lloyd.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Blake Corum.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Braelon Allen.