Start Rachaad White or Alvin Kamara? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Rachaad White over Alvin Kamara
Right: 4.7 to 0.0
- PHI D vs RB
- 18.9
- 13th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 41%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 7%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 4.7
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 1.6
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs RB
- 25.0
- 12th most to RBs (2026)
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Rachaad White over Alvin Kamara in Week 1.
Alvin Kamara is priced by the books at 1.6 projected points and Rachaad White is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Rachaad White at ADP 134 and Alvin Kamara at 160.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Rachaad White in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 1.7 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Rachaad White and WAS visit PHI.
PHI allowed 18.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 101 yards and a touchdown against PHI and caught passes for -2 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, Alvin Kamara has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Rachaad White 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, Rachaad White played 17 games for TB and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.
He ran 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 yards.
He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Rachaad White, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 22 of 67 snaps, 7 carries for 23 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 6.1 PPR points.
Rachaad White, Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 32 of 67 snaps, 2 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 3.7 PPR points.
Rachaad White, Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 25 of 64 snaps, 5 carries for 45 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 8.0 PPR points.
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
Rachaad White scored 4.7 PPR points and Alvin Kamara scored 0.0.
The call was right: Rachaad White outscored Alvin Kamara by 4.7.
Rachaad White, Week 1 against PHI: 29 of 70 snaps, 7 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards, 4.7 PPR points.
Rachaad White finished as the week's RB43 in PPR scoring.
Alvin Kamara finished 1.7 points below the 1.7 the props implied.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB28 · WAS · bye 7
2025 vs rec yds line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 56
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB29 · NO · bye 8
2025 vs rush yds line 2-9
- Overall rank
- 57
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
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 board1
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 4
- Board size244 draftable players
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