Start Najee Harris or Alvin Kamara? Week 1
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Najee Harris over Alvin Kamara
- DAL D vs RB
- 27.3
- 9th most to RBs (2026)
- Books implied
- 1.8
- pre-game
- DET D vs RB
- 25.0
- 12th most to RBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Najee Harris over Alvin Kamara in Week 1.
Alvin Kamara is priced by the books at 1.8 projected points and Najee Harris is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Najee Harris at ADP 156 and Alvin Kamara at 164.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Najee Harris in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 1.8 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Najee Harris and NYG host DAL.
DAL allowed 27.3 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 9th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 111 yards and a touchdown against DAL and caught passes for 22 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, Najee Harris has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Najee Harris 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, Najee Harris played 3 games for LAC and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.
He ran 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 yards.
He was on the field for 21 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.
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