Start Alvin Kamara or Mike Washington Jr.? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Mike Washington Jr. over Alvin Kamara
Right: 4.1 to 0.0
- MIA D vs RB
- 36.9
- 4th most to RBs (2026)
- Scored
- 4.1
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 1.3
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs RB
- 25.0
- 12th most to RBs (2026)
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Mike Washington Jr. over Alvin Kamara in Week 1.
Alvin Kamara is priced by the books at 1.3 projected points and Mike Washington Jr. is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Mike Washington Jr. at ADP 155 and Alvin Kamara at 159.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Mike Washington Jr. in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 1.3 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Mike Washington Jr. and LV host MIA.
MIA allowed 36.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 4th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 144 yards and no touchdowns against MIA and caught passes for 45 more yards.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Mike Washington Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Mike Washington Jr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Alvin Kamara was listed as questionable 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.
How Week 1 went
Mike Washington Jr. scored 4.1 PPR points and Alvin Kamara scored 0.0.
The call was right: Mike Washington Jr. outscored Alvin Kamara by 4.1.
Mike Washington Jr., Week 1 against MIA: 13 of 68 snaps, 7 carries for 41 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 4.1 PPR points.
Mike Washington Jr. finished as the week's RB47 in PPR scoring.
Alvin Kamara finished 1.3 points below the 1.3 the props implied.
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
RB54 · LV · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 210
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
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 board153
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 11
- Board size244 draftable players
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