Start Alvin Kamara or Roschon Johnson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Alvin Kamara over Roschon Johnson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Alvin Kamara at 7.9 points and Roschon Johnson at 5.2, a gap of 2.7. Roschon Johnson'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, 5, 5 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Roschon Johnson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Roschon Johnson is 20 rushing yards, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (6 and 13 market sources).

That puts Alvin Kamara 2.7 points ahead of Roschon Johnson on the market projections.

Injury status

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Roschon Johnson 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, Roschon Johnson played 16 percent of CHI snaps, took 8 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Roschon Johnson, Week 2 against MIN: 1 of 74 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Roschon Johnson, Week 4 against NYJ: 10 of 93 snaps, 4 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Roschon Johnson, Week 5 against GB: 27 of 69 snaps, 5 carries for 6 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 34 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, Roschon Johnson played 7 games for CHI and scored 1.7 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB134.

He ran 2 times for 17 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 1 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 Roschon Johnson over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Roschon Johnson over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Roschon Johnson over Corey Kiner.