Start Zach Charbonnet or Alvin Kamara? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 8:16 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Zach Charbonnet over Alvin Kamara
- Market projects
- 10.5
- fantasy pts
- ARI D vs RB
- 20.7
- 14th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 37%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 12%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 7.6
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs RB
- 21.1
- 15th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 35%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Zach Charbonnet for Alvin Kamara?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Alvin Kamara projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 9 games), Zach Charbonnet 36 (4.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Zach Charbonnet over Alvin Kamara. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Zach Charbonnet over Alvin Kamara in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Zach Charbonnet at 10.5 points and Alvin Kamara at 7.6, a gap of 2.9. No player market is posted for Alvin Kamara this week yet, so his 7.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (8.2 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Zach Charbonnet at ADP 150 and Alvin Kamara at 164.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Zach Charbonnet, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Zach Charbonnet is 43 rushing yards, 9 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (7, 7, 7 and 8 market sources).
No Week 9 player market is posted for Alvin Kamara yet. His market-based projections were 8.2 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 7.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Zach Charbonnet 2.9 points ahead of Alvin Kamara on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Zach Charbonnet and SEA host ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
ARI allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 14th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ARI and caught passes for 30 more yards.
Alvin Kamara and NO host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 21.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 15th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 116 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
Zach Charbonnet is not on the injury report.
Alvin Kamara is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Zach Charbonnet played 37 percent of SEA snaps, took 32 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.
Zach Charbonnet, Week 8 against CHI: 23 of 63 snaps, 6 carries for 23 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.
Through Week 7, Alvin Kamara played 35 percent of NO snaps, took 28 percent of the carries, drew 13 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
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.
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.
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 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Zach Charbonnet for Alvin Kamara?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Alvin Kamara projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 9 games), Zach Charbonnet 36 (4.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Zach Charbonnet over Alvin Kamara. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Alvin Kamara for Zach Charbonnet?
No. Keep Alvin Kamara: he projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 9 games), Zach Charbonnet 36 (4.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Zach Charbonnet over Alvin Kamara.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Zach Charbonnet playing Week 9?
- Is Alvin Kamara playing Week 9?
- Seahawks depth chart
- Saints depth chart
- Week 9 RB rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings