Start Woody Marks or Alvin Kamara? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Woody Marks over Alvin Kamara in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Woody Marks at 12.4 points and Alvin Kamara at 9.8, a gap of 2.6. 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

Player markets imply 12.5 fantasy points for Woody Marks, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Woody Marks is 48 rushing yards, 15 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 45% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13, 12 and 13 market sources).

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 37% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

That puts Woody Marks 2.6 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on these projections.

Injury status

Woody Marks is not on the injury report.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Woody Marks played 53 percent of HOU snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Woody Marks, Week 2 against CIN: 38 of 80 snaps, 8 carries for 8 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 3 against IND: 20 of 54 snaps, 5 carries for 15 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Woody Marks, Week 4 against DAL: 24 of 55 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Woody Marks over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Woody Marks over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Woody Marks.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Blake Corum.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Braelon Allen.