Teddy Bridgewater now has keys to Saints' offense, but workhorse Alvin Kamara drives it

SaintsBro · 09-23-2019, 10:41 AM

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.

09-23-2019, 10:41 AM	#5
SaintsBro Site Donor Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: in line with my ridiculous CLEAR PLASTIC BAG Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Teddy Bridgewater now has keys to Saints' offense, but workhorse Alvin Kamara drives it 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. st thomas and darksoul35 like this.