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09-24-2019 12:16 AM |
Re: Teddy Bridgewater now has keys to Saints' offense, but workhorse Alvin Kamara drives it
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Originally Posted by SaintsBro
(Post 857447)
A few other people on the forums felt the same as me, I was not 100% comfortable seeing Kamara used in the role of the closing, grinding, bruising, punishing, time-wasting running back deep into the 4th quarter.
He took a lot of hits, late into the game, and at some point I found myself wishing we could have wrapped Kamara in the bubble wrap, put him away for a spell and wishing we had that big, broad-shouldered, Ingram-type SEC-style big bruiser back in there, to grind out the yards at the end of the game and close it out, protect the lead. That was always one of Ingram's fortes. Wasn't impressed with Murray or Washington yesterday, hardly at all.
Kamara is an amazing weapon, he's explosive, he's fierce, he's volatile, and he runs 110% every snap -- but he's a small guy and we've seen in other past games that opposing teams will tend to target his head or go for extracurricular shots at him out of bounds, grab at his ankles and twist, when he's already on the ground in the pile, and so forth. I hate to think of the extra wear and tear we are putting on him, using him over and over and over as a bell-cow back with a big cushion and a 20 point lead. I'm not 100% comfortable with that but he played his heart out yesterday, I don't want to take anything away from his amazing game.
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Do you think that's what Kamara wants? I have no idea what he wants, but maybe he wants to be one of the great running backs of all time. Maybe he wants a 2000 yard season or 5. Walter Payton did it 4 times, Faulk did it 4 times. Sanders only did it twice. Only Payton did it by his third year.
He's averaging 130 yards per game over 3 games, that's 2080 yards over the regular season.
He's got a better yds/carry after 3 seasons than Payton and Faulk.
Barry Sanders - 203 lbs
Walter Payton - 200 lbs
Marshall Faulk - 211 lbs
I don't know if he can have the kind of career these guys did but he's got a crazy amount of talent. It would be a shame not to let him try if that's what he wants.
What I do know is he's a hell of a lotta fun to watch. |
