Start Alvin Kamara or Zach Charbonnet? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Alvin Kamara over Zach Charbonnet
- Books imply
- 1.3
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs RB
- 25.0
- 12th most to RBs (2026)
- NE D vs RB
- 15.0
- 10th fewest to RBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Alvin Kamara over Zach Charbonnet in Week 1.
Zach Charbonnet is listed pup on our news wire, so this is not a close call: start Alvin Kamara. Drafters take Alvin Kamara at ADP 159 and Zach Charbonnet at 154. Market coverage on Alvin Kamara is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Zach Charbonnet in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 1.3 fantasy points for Alvin Kamara, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Zach Charbonnet and SEA host NE.
NE allowed 15.0 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 10th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 84 yards and no touchdowns against NE and caught passes for 26 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
Zach Charbonnet was listed as pup when the call was made.
Alvin Kamara was listed as questionable when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Zach Charbonnet played 16 games for SEA and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.
He ran 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 yards.
He was on the field for 49 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Zach Charbonnet, Week 18 of 2025 against SF: 39 of 69 snaps, 17 carries for 74 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.7 PPR points.
Zach Charbonnet, Week 17 of 2025 against CAR: 35 of 66 snaps, 18 carries for 110 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 2 touchdowns, 26.2 PPR points.
Zach Charbonnet, Week 16 of 2025 against LAR: 38 of 68 snaps, 9 carries for 32 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.4 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.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB29 · NO · bye 8
2025 vs rush yds line 2-9
- Overall rank
- 57
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB52 · SEA · bye 11
2025 vs carries line 10-6
- Overall rank
- 200
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
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 board143
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 11
- Board size244 draftable players
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