About the Joker RB thing
 

I can't help but wonder - did the Saints take a look at the guy who, if healthy (and indeed it is a huge, huge IF) is the ultimate Joker RB?

There's a pretty good chance the injuries have put a damper on Jamaal Charles' career and he will be a shadow of his former self indeed. But if Charles has a second wind and could get his old self back, could you imagine what he and Brees could do playing together? Would this have been a better gamble than AP?

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Yeah but, Sean needs his toys. I think he feels he's close enough that the joker'll make his the winning hand. His biological clock is ticking loudly. Another season running in the red could easily see him back coaching QBs at Dallas.

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Jamaal Charles is a different kind of gamble in that he's almost always hurt. AP has had some injuries in recent years, but has usually come back strong, and just two years ago ran for almost 1500 yards. I think AP has plenty left in the tank for right now, but with Charles I just think it's too many injuries piled on top of each other. That would have been too much of a gamble.

I think the reason they drafted Kamara, whether it was right or not, is that they saw a guy with first round talent sitting there in the third and thought to themselves "Ingram and Peterson won't be around forever, so why not draft our guy now, and work him in slowly, rather than have to replace those guys a couple of years from now with a rookie".

Obviously, they can use Kamara in a Sproles/Bush type role, but unlike what most pundits are saying, I don't think he's quite that type of player. He is a good receiver, but I wouldn't define him as a scat back. He's a bit better of an all around RB, at least on paper. I really think they view him as the main guy in a couple of years.

I wouldn't have picked him there, though I do think he is a good value for what he is, but I'm trying think along with the Saints on this one to figure out what the reasoning was.

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I'll go with what you're saying there as I never had the chance to watch him play. Hearing the words quick and passing game attached to his description just had me assuming he was the missing piece for Sean in his backfield. This is going to be an interesting season. Can't wait!

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Yeah, I think he will help kind of fill that void in Payton's system for now, but long term is capable of being the lead man, and if he reaches his potential, will create better opportunities for play-action than we've had in some time. For years we've had guys with defined roles, where you pretty much knew what the play was going to be, depending on which RB was in the game. That has always infuriated me. Kamara, in time, could finally solve that issue. So for that reason, I like him a lot. Giving up that second round pick did sting, though.

We shall see, in time.

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If you think PAyton will be unemployed less than a day and at anything other than the head coach position you're nuts.

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Kamara is the chess piece Sean Payton needs. We didn't have anyone besides Cadet to play that joker role.......hopefully this means Cadet is cut. I know that Payton likes his reliability but he is just nothing more than dependable. I want dynamic plays from RB and I think Kamara can offer us that.

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I don't see Charles as the scat back.

Keep in mind a draft pic we lock up at a good price for a few years instead of a decent pay check for a year maybe? And when he is out for the season then what?

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Based on a lot of scouting reports I've read, Kamara should be able to impact this team immediately. Sean Payton's style of offense is all about mismatches. I think this was a solid pick and needed.

With the additions of AP, Ginn and now a young Kamara, this offense could be deadly in 2017.