Usage comparison · Running backs

Alvin Kamara vs Rico Dowdle

Rico Dowdle gets more of his team's runs (32% vs 28%), while Alvin Kamara gets more of his team's passes (13% vs 12%). In total, though, Alvin Kamara has more carries (41 vs 31). Alvin Kamara has played 6 games and Rico Dowdle 4 games. Near the end zone, Alvin Kamara has had more chances (9 vs 6 plays within 20 yards), but Rico Dowdle gets a bigger share of his team's chances there (23% vs 16%). Alvin Kamara is scoring more fantasy points a game (11.0 vs 8.3, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 10.5 vs 10.1 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–7 · Updated Oct 27, 2026

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Alvin Kamara

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 11.0
Expected points per gameEst.: 10.5

6 games with a target, carry or dropback

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Rico Dowdle

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 8.3
Expected points per gameEst.: 10.1

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

Week 7 injury report: Questionable (Knee)

Side by side

Season totals through week 7. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.

Alvin Kamara and Rico Dowdle, season usage side by side
Stat	Alvin Kamara	Rico Dowdle
Games	6	4
Passes thrown to him
Targets	27	17
Target share	13%	12%
Catches	22	13
Receiving yards	133	82
Runs
Carries	41	31
Carry share	28%	32%
Rushing yards	125	118
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	9	6
Red-zone share	16%	23%
Goal-line runs	2	0
End-zone targets	0	0
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	3	0
Expected touchdownsEst.	1.4	0.7
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	11.0	8.3
Fantasy points (PPR)	65.8	33.0
Expected points per gameEst.	10.5	10.1
Points vs expectedEst.	+0.5	−1.9

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Carry share by week

Out of all his team's runs in his games, the part he got.

Alvin Kamara
Rico Dowdle

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Carry share by week
Week	Alvin Kamara	Rico Dowdle
1	— no game with a target, carry or dropback	38%against ATL
2	33%against BAL	30%against NE
3	32%against LV	— no game with a target, carry or dropback
4	37%against ATL	— no game with a target, carry or dropback
5	18%against MIN	— no game with a target, carry or dropback
6	18%against NYG	32%against TB
7	35%against PIT	30%against NO

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.

Leaderboard ranks for Alvin Kamara and Rico Dowdle
Leaderboard	Alvin Kamara	Rico Dowdle
Carry share leaders	#49of 82 running backs	#44of 82 running backs
Target share leaders	#12of 50 running backs	#14of 50 running backs
Red-zone share leaders	#56of 78 running backs	#33of 78 running backs
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#39of 129 running backs	#57of 129 running backs
Goal-line carry leaders	#35of 129 running backs	#117of 129 running backs
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#36of 129 running backs	#39of 129 running backs

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.

Alvin Kamara

Touchdowns above usage

Alvin Kamara has scored 3 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 1.4, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns: 3
Expected touchdownsEst.: 1.4
Expected PPR per gameEst.: 10.5
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.: +0.5

Weeks 2–7 · 6 games

Model estimate, not a forecast: v1 predicts about as well as raw points.

Rico Dowdle

Role up

Rico Dowdle's target share rose to 21% in week 7 (6 targets), from 9% in weeks 1-6.

Target share, week 7: 21%
Targets, week 7: 6
Target share, weeks 1–2 and 6: 9%
Targets, weeks 1–2 and 6: 11

Weeks 1–2 and 6–7 · 4 games

Share of team targets/carries in games he played. Snap counts aren't in FFO's licensed data, so a low earlier share can mean limited playing time.

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