Start Ty Johnson or Alvin Kamara? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Alvin Kamara over Ty Johnson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Alvin Kamara at 9.8 points and Ty Johnson at 8.5, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Ty 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. No player market is posted for Alvin Kamara this week yet, so his 9.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (8.3, 10.3 and 10.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Alvin Kamara yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 10.3 and 10.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Alvin Kamara a 36% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Ty Johnson, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ty Johnson is 16 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Alvin Kamara 1.3 points ahead of Ty Johnson on these projections.

Injury status

Alvin Kamara is not on the injury report.

Ty 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, Ty Johnson played 25 percent of BUF snaps, took 1 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Ty Johnson, Week 3 against LAC: 15 of 66 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 50 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 4 against NE: 19 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 5 against LAR: 14 of 64 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 72 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, Ty Johnson played 17 games for BUF and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He ran 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 yards.

He was on the field for 29 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 Alvin Kamara over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ty Johnson.
• Start Blake Corum over Ty Johnson.
• Start Braelon Allen over Ty Johnson.