All our receivers, running backs, and tight ends were misused on orders from the top not from the OC. They were all used to cover for Trevor Penning because he couldn't block anyone, and to give the illusion that he was 'improving' as more and more of our offense was redirected to everyone covering for him. The thing is, Penning is still projected to start, so Kamara will still be misused either to do Penning's blocking for him, or be the 2 yard check down when another player like Shaheed, Hill, or Johnson fails to block Penning's assigned DE.

I don't care a lot about Kamara's character, though any player with a past suspension for a temper issue is always a risk to get a longer suspension for a second offense, so its just like another kind of injury risk. But the problem with saying Kamara was misused is that we have two years of not knowing if he could have been effective or not if used correctly. There are signs he lost a step, and many runners do at his age, and he has not flashed as much on plays where he had opportunities. So even if its true he was misused it does not prove that nothing else has changed. But the other problem is that he will likely still be misused because we are still trying to start Penning, we still probably have a shoddy oline, we probably have worse blocking receivers than ever, and we still have a QB who loves to check down.