Start Alvin Kamara or Najee Harris? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Alvin Kamara over Najee Harris in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Alvin Kamara at 7.9 points and Najee Harris at 5.5, a gap of 2.4. Najee Harris's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.9 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 24 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (11, 6, 6 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.5 fantasy points for Najee Harris, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Najee Harris is 22 rushing yards, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Alvin Kamara 2.4 points ahead of Najee Harris on the market projections.

Injury status

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Najee Harris is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Najee Harris played 18 percent of NYG snaps, took 25 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

Najee Harris, Week 2 against LAR: 8 of 58 snaps, 4 carries for 6 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 3 against TEN: 14 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 52 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 4 against ARI: 12 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 5 against WAS: 16 of 89 snaps, 5 carries for 9 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 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, 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Braelon Allen over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Najee Harris over AJ Dillon.
• Start Brian Robinson over Najee Harris.
• Start Najee Harris over Chris Rodriguez Jr..