Start Woody Marks or Alvin Kamara? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Woody Marks over Alvin Kamara in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Woody Marks at 12.9 points and Alvin Kamara at 9.6, a gap of 3.3. No player market is posted for Alvin Kamara this week yet, so his 9.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (7.1 and 12.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Woody Marks at ADP 151 and Alvin Kamara at 164.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Alvin Kamara yet. His market-based projections were 7.1 and 12.1 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 9.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 0.4 touchdowns (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.9 fantasy points for Woody Marks, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Woody Marks is 65 rushing yards, 11 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (12, 13, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Woody Marks 3.3 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Alvin Kamara and NO host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 28.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.

Running backs ran for 116 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CAR and caught passes for 28 more yards.

Woody Marks and HOU visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 21.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 9 games, the 16th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 115 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 18 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.

Woody Marks is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Alvin Kamara played 37 percent of NO snaps, took 27 percent of the carries, drew 13 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Alvin Kamara, Week 7 against PIT: 32 of 57 snaps, 6 carries for 5 yards, 7 targets and 7 catches for 57 yards.

Alvin Kamara, Week 9 against CLE: 37 of 75 snaps, 6 carries for 32 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards.

Through Week 9, Woody Marks played 62 percent of HOU snaps, took 50 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

Woody Marks, Week 5 against TEN: 56 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 62 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 23 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 6 against JAX: 49 of 63 snaps, 15 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 25 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 7 against NYG: 54 of 61 snaps, 19 carries for 66 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 9 against LAC: 46 of 70 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 4 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, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He ran 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Woody Marks.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Woody Marks.
• Start Woody Marks over Blake Corum.