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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.



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

Strange article. Not really sure what the point of it was. Nobody said Kamara is Marshall Faulk.

K Major

Yep.

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

Beastmode

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

I will say that Kamara already has the elite vision of MF.

jeanpierre

Sounds like someone lost their Fantasy League last year - Kamara put up his, so don't know why he's hating on Kamara...

vpheughan

Marshall Faulk played for the St. Louis Rams not the Left Coast Rams. He was never a Los Angles Ram.

CheramieIII

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

We love Smash .

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

CheramieIII

I stand corrected.