Start Alvin Kamara or Najee Harris? Week 7
Updated Oct 20, 8:51 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
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- : Alvin Kamara: Listed Questionable (Back) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Alvin Kamara over Najee Harris
- Market projects
- 7.1
- fantasy pts
- PIT D vs RB
- 20.4
- 15th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 31%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 12%
- Through Week 6
- HOU D vs RB
- 18.9
- 9th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 17%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 1%
- Through Week 6
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Our Week 7 call
Start Alvin Kamara over Najee Harris in Week 7.
Alvin Kamara is projected from market data at 7.1 points. Najee Harris has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and his injury status only. Drafters take Alvin Kamara at ADP 164 and Najee Harris at 156.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 7.1 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 17 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (9, 12, 12 and 13 market sources).
No player market was posted for Najee Harris in Week 7.
Week 7 matchups
Alvin Kamara and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
PIT allowed 20.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 15th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 86 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 35 more yards.
Najee Harris and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
HOU allowed 18.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 76 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against HOU and caught passes for 22 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Alvin Kamara has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a back injury.
Najee Harris is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 7
Through Week 6, Alvin Kamara played 31 percent of NO snaps, took 28 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Alvin Kamara, Week 6 against NYG: 19 of 72 snaps, 7 carries for 34 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.
Through Week 6, Najee Harris played 17 percent of NYG snaps, took 24 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Najee Harris, Week 6 against NO: 11 of 77 snaps, 4 carries for 2 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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 7 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 7 on the board
- Is Alvin Kamara playing Week 7?
- Is Najee Harris playing Week 7?
- Saints depth chart
- Giants depth chart
- Week 7 RB rankings
- Week 7 fantasy rankings
- Week 7 start or sit
- Week 7 waiver wire
- Week 7 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 7
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 7 kicker rankings
- Week 7 defense rankings