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SmashMouth 05-27-2019 11:59 AM

Easy Big Easy, Alvin Kamara Is No Marshall Faulk
 
The Los Angeles Rams recently revealed footage of general manager Les Snead referring to obtaining Memphis running back Darrell Henderson as a ‘Kamara element.’ It didn’t sit well in Cyberland, Louisiana but it should have. What Snead mildly and unintentionally implied is that the New Orleans Saints star running back sets the standard. He might currently be the NFL’s hottest ticket in dual-threats but after two seasons, Alvin Kamara is no Marshall Faulk.

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Alvin Kamara Is No Marshall Faulk

New Orleans is nicknamed The Big Easy. This is, in part, because of its easier-going way of life and its acceptance of diverse talents. Why then did Les Snead’s war room coining of the phrase ‘Kamara element’ bring some gumbo to boiling since its release? Is it because New Orleans Saints fans have yet to fully remove the target from the backs of all things Los Angeles Rams? That would explain including rookies taking no part in the 2018 NFC Conference Championship game’s now-infamous outcome.

In a nutshell, the opposing consensus is HOW DARE THEY! One Saints site referred to Henderson as Kamara’s ‘copycat’ version.

The world gets it’s devastating to be so close yet so far but it’s been four months, for crying out loud. And there’s no sound logic in accurately comparing two players on two different teams at two different spaces in time. Is there?

Alvin Kamara:

(2017) 120 rushes, 728 yards, 8 touchdowns/81 receptions, 826 receiving yards, 5 receiving touchdowns
(2018) 194 rushes, 883 yards, 14 touchdowns/81 receptions, 709 receiving yards, 4 receiving touchdowns

Marshall Faulk:

(1999) 253 rushes, 1381 yards, 7 touchdowns/87 receptions, 1048 reception yards, 5 receiving touchdowns
(2000) 253 rushes, 1359 yards, 18 touchdowns/81 receptions, 840 reception yards, 8 receiving touchdowns
But pitting Kamara’s first two seasons up against Faulk’s first two seasons with the Rams is unfair. Faulk had way more feature-back carries long, long ago in a far away land in a time when grown men weren’t forced to play like their mommies were watching.

Still, in the last three games versus the Rams, Kamara’s totaled 184 yards (well over 5 yards per) and 3 touchdowns running. 231 yards (21 of 24 targets) and 2 touchdowns catching. Overall, the Saints most effective weapon against the Rams defense.

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ChrisXVI 05-27-2019 01:22 PM

Re: Easy Big Easy, Alvin Kamara Is No Marshall Faulk
 
Strange article. Not really sure what the point of it was. Nobody said Kamara is Marshall Faulk.

K Major 05-27-2019 02:12 PM

Re: Easy Big Easy, Alvin Kamara Is No Marshall Faulk
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisXVI (Post 845568)
Strange article. Not really sure what the point of it was. Nobody said Kamara is Marshall Faulk.

Yep.

Tony Lopez is a West Coast guy and Rams fan so there's that.

Beastmode 05-27-2019 03:55 PM

Re: Easy Big Easy, Alvin Kamara Is No Marshall Faulk
 
Faulk also got injured and never returned to that glory. Kamara is not used like that for good reason. It's a dumb comparison. He's never going to get 250 plus rushes in this offense. Nobody could. We don't run our weapons in the ground.

K Major 05-27-2019 03:58 PM

Re: Easy Big Easy, Alvin Kamara Is No Marshall Faulk
 
I will say that Kamara already has the elite vision of MF.

jeanpierre 05-27-2019 05:47 PM

Re: Easy Big Easy, Alvin Kamara Is No Marshall Faulk
 
Sounds like someone lost their Fantasy League last year - Kamara put up his, so don't know why he's hating on Kamara...

vpheughan 05-27-2019 06:58 PM

Re: Easy Big Easy, Alvin Kamara Is No Marshall Faulk
 
Marshall Faulk played for the St. Louis Rams not the Left Coast Rams. He was never a Los Angles Ram.

CheramieIII 05-27-2019 07:49 PM

Re: Easy Big Easy, Alvin Kamara Is No Marshall Faulk
 
Why you guys hating on Smash. Smash was making the comparison to Marshall Faulk. I don't think Smash was saying Faulk played for the Los Angeles Rams but just the Rams.

K Major 05-27-2019 08:44 PM

Re: Easy Big Easy, Alvin Kamara Is No Marshall Faulk
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by CheramieIII (Post 845590)
Why you guys hating on Smash. Smash was making the comparison to Marshall Faulk. I don't think Smash was saying Faulk played for the Los Angeles Rams but just the Rams.

We love Smash :bng:.

We're hating on the author (he wrote the article) from the LastWordonFootball - Tony Lopez.

CheramieIII 05-27-2019 10:06 PM

Re: Easy Big Easy, Alvin Kamara Is No Marshall Faulk
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by K Major (Post 845591)
We love Smash :bng:.

We're hating on the author (he wrote the article) from the LastWordonFootball - Tony Lopez.

I stand corrected.


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