RB · New Orleans Saints
Alvin Kamara
@ Detroit Lions · Week 1 · DomeQuestionable
- Line
- 1.5
- Receptions
- Nuvela
- 1.2
- our projection
- Difference
- −0.3
- −20%
- Lines checked
- Markets posted
- 2 of 9
- Projections updated
- Stats through
- Week 1
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Every line available this week, with how often he cleared it recently. Selecting one re-anchors the rest of the page.
Every market compared
| Market | Line | Nuvela | Diff | Cleared L5 | Opened | Since open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anytime TD | 20% | — | — | 0 of 5 | 20% | level |
| Receptions | 1.5 | 1.2 | −0.3 | 4 of 5 | 1.5 | level |
| Rushing Yards | No line posted yet | |||||
| Rush Attempts | No line posted yet | |||||
| Rush + Rec Yards | No line posted yet | |||||
| Receiving Yards | No line posted yet | |||||
| 1st TD | No line posted yet | |||||
| 2+ TDs | No line posted yet | |||||
| Longest Rush | No line posted yet | |||||
How the line moved
- Fri 1:05 PM1.5Coach Kellen Moore said Friday that Kamara (knee) will be questionable for Sunday's game in Pittsburgh, Mike Triplett of NewOrleans.Football reports.
Catalysts are matched to each move by timing, which is approximate — read them as what was in the news around the move, not a proven cause.
Moves with this
How the RB1's rushing tends to move with each teammate role, across the league.
- The QB's passing yardsmove loosely together · 564 games+0.2
- The WR1's receiving yardsroughly independent · 564 games+0.1
- The TE1's receiving yardsroughly independent · 562 games+0.1
- The WR2's receiving yardsroughly independent · 564 games0
A role-level tendency across the league — a general pattern for this role, not a measured link between these two specific players.
Recent output relative to line
Full season · every game against the selected line.
Receptions
No games played yet this season.
- Consensus line
- 1.5
- receptions
- Nuvela projection
- 1.2
- −0.3 on the line
- Above the line
- —
- vs closing lines
- —
- no closing lines
- Median
- —
- regular season
- Average
- —
Distribution by time window
The same games cut four ways, against the line posted now and against the line each game actually closed at.
Windows
| Window | Median | Above % · vs current line | Above % · vs closing line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last 3 | 2 | 67%2/3 | 33%1/3 |
| Last 5 | 2 | 80%4/5 | 20%1/5 |
| Season | — | —— | —— |
| Last season | 3 | 82%9/11 | 46%5/11 |
Custom splits
Cut the same games by where they were played, who was on the field, and what the game was doing.
No games played yet this season, so there is nothing to split.
Availability
Practice participation through the week, and the teammates whose status changes his workload.
His practice week
- Injury
- Knee
- Game status
- Questionable
- Snap share, last game
- —
- Games missed this season
- —
Workload dependencies
- Audric EstiméRB · thigh · Same room — his availability swings the carries in play.Out
- Jordyn TysonWR · Draws coverage — his status changes how the defense sets up.Ir
- Mason TiptonWR · Draws coverage — his status changes how the defense sets up.Out
- Moliki MatavaoTE · Draws coverage — his status changes how the defense sets up.Ir
- Oscar DelpTE · hamstring · Draws coverage — his status changes how the defense sets up.Out
- Ty ChandlerRB · Same room — his availability swings the carries in play.Ir
Injury report
Both clubs’ full report, not only the names that touch his own workload.
NO · New Orleans Saints
DET · Detroit Lions
What this report suggests
- Names listed
- 14
- 10 NO · 4 DET
- Ruled out
- 13
- won’t play
- Questionable
- 1
- decided at kickoff
- Touch his workload
- 6
- Audric Estimé, Jordyn Tyson +4
- His coverage
- —
- not tracked yet
6 names on these lists reach him directly. Audric Estimé, Jordyn Tyson +4 — flagged in Availability — are the teammates whose status changes his own workload. The rest reach him through the game, not his role.
Across both clubs, 13 ruled out and 1 questionable. A thinner defence argues for more possessions — volume, which is most of a yards prop — though it cuts both ways, since trailing throws more and leading throws less.
Counted from the two lists above rather than typed, so this can’t disagree with them. It reads the report; it does not predict who plays.
Key research points
What this line assumes, and what the data shows. You make the call.
The read
Everything below uses 2026 games before Week 1 only — nothing from this game or later. The market lists Alvin Kamara at 1.5 receptions. Our projection, built from his own games and never from the line, is 1.2. Research, not a pick — the call is yours.
Written by rule from this page’s own numbers — no model wrote it, and it adds nothing the tables below do not already carry.
Research context for this week
The factors actually in play this week, and which one swings it.
2 factors in play
Written by rule from this page’s own numbers — no model wrote it.
Game context
The game the line sits inside. A total and a script set how many chances there are before any of his own rates matter.
- Game total
- 49.5
- combined
- NO implied total
- 21.25
- underdog
- DET implied total
- 28.25
- favored
- Projected script
- Neutral/Trail
- underdog
- Pace
- —
- not published yet
- Wind
- Indoors
- no wind factor
- Conditions
- Dome
- climate controlled
What the game projects
- Offensive plays
- 86
- 1-game avg
- Dropbacks
- 62.8
- 73% pass
- Red-zone trips
- 5
- 1-game avg
- Pass rate ± exp
- +3.9
- PROE
A yards prop is a rate times a volume. The rates live in Usage; this is the volume they act on — the offence’s per-game workload and his projected share of it.
Usage & opportunity
Roughly 70% of any prop outcome is opportunity, not efficiency. This is the section that predicts.
Share of the offence
Opponent defense
How Detroit Lions defends each position — fantasy points allowed per game, rank 1 = toughest — and what comparable roles have done against them.
By position
No games played yet this season, so there is nothing to rank a defence by.
Similar players
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|---|---|
| Rachaad White2025 · Wk 7 | 4 |
| Saquon Barkley2025 · Wk 11 | 1 |
| Javonte Williams2025 · Wk 14 | 2 |
| Isiah Pacheco2025 · Wk 6 | 1 |
| Tyrone Tracy Jr.2025 · Wk 12 | 3 |
Game log · season
Most recent first — his weekly output for this market.
No games played yet this season.
Prop odds
Over/under prices across the market for the selected line.
Receptions
| Sportsbook | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| BetMGM | 1.5 | −150 | +110 |
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