Trying to decide whether to start Alvin Kamara vs. the San Francisco 49ers or Emeka Egbuka vs. the Houston Texans? Here’s our Week 2 fantasy football projections, plus analysis from PFSN’s Kyle Soppe.
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Week 2 Projections for Alvin Kamara and Emeka Egbuka
Kamara is projected to score 14 points in PPR formats while Egbuka is projected to score 14.5 points.
We project Kamara to have 50.8 rushing yards, 0.3 rushing TDs, 3.7 receptions, 28.7 receiving yards, and 0.1 receiving TDs. Egbuka is projected to have 4.7 receptions, 60.2 receiving yards, 0.6 receiving TDs, and 1.4 rushing yards.
Week 2 Fantasy Analysis for Kamara
You’re going to have a hard time convincing me that Alvin Kamara makes it through all of 2025 as a locked-in fantasy starter.
His 18-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter was impressive and cost me my “will not score ” bets, but I’d make them again. Outside of that Herculean effort, he had 12 touches for 39 yards.
The versatility is a nice floor elevator, but where is the ceiling going to come from? Scoring opportunities are going to be few and far between, and that’s before I mentioned that Kendre Miller got the first carry of New Orleans’ second drive last week.
Kamara was on my do-not-draft list, so I don’t have a great feel for what offers look like around him (check out our trade tool for help in that regard), but if you can recoup 90% of what you spent on draft day, I’d take that offer to the bank.
Week 2 Fantasy Analysis for Egbuka
The later we got into the draft process this summer, the more obvious it became that Emeka Egbuka was priced incorrectly. A late surge got his ADP inside of the top 40 at the position and top 85 overall, but it’s clear now that is more of a floor outcome for him in his rookie season.
His debut wasn’t high in quantity, but quality wasn’t an issue as he scored twice and finished as WR4 for the week. The go-ahead touchdown was perfect all the way around: a crisp route from Egbuka himself, an attention-seeking route from Mike Evans that sucked in the safety, and a dime from Baker Mayfield.
That catch allowed him to join Hollywood Brown (2019) as the only players in the 2000s to have multiple 25+ yard TD catches in their professional debut, and it feels like just the beginning.
We will see how the targets are spread out when a fully healthy Chris Godwin returns, but that’s not going to be on Monday night and, even in a below-average matchup, I have both Evans and Egbuka slotted as WR2s.
Final Verdict: Egbuka or Kamara?
Based on our projections, Egbuka is the better start for Week 2. Despite being at different positions, Egbuka offers a safer floor this week.
