Yeah, Kamara and Drew Are Washed Up

burningmetal · 12-23-2019, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II

He still struggles to break tackles but he's great in open space to make defenders miss. I think he's getting better but the leg drive isn't there yet.

I know Kamara had an injury, but I don't get the sense it was ever as serious as people are convinced it was. He wasn't playing well before the injury. The injury, itself, only made it worse. But he lacked decisiveness and looked frankly disinterested, at times, for a few weeks before he got hurt.

I could make some guesses as to what was behind that, but there's no point in that. All I know is he came out yesterday looking like the same Kamara we've seen for weeks, and had that play where he just gave up and went out of bounds. And, as I said in an earlier post, you could see Drew was not pleased, and I think there was probably a "spirited" conversation on the sidelines, afterwards, because it was after that point that a light just seemed to come on and he looked like his old self again.

To me, that is a sign that there was more than just an injury holding him back. There was a lack of focus/fire, for whatever reason, and he just needed something to get him back in gear. I realize this is just speculation on my part, but I think basic understanding of human nature and seeing how that switch suddenly flipped makes it a plausible theory.

12-23-2019, 05:57 PM	#5
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Yeah, Kamara and Drew Are Washed Up Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II He still struggles to break tackles but he's great in open space to make defenders miss. I think he's getting better but the leg drive isn't there yet. I know Kamara had an injury, but I don't get the sense it was ever as serious as people are convinced it was. He wasn't playing well before the injury. The injury, itself, only made it worse. But he lacked decisiveness and looked frankly disinterested, at times, for a few weeks before he got hurt. I could make some guesses as to what was behind that, but there's no point in that. All I know is he came out yesterday looking like the same Kamara we've seen for weeks, and had that play where he just gave up and went out of bounds. And, as I said in an earlier post, you could see Drew was not pleased, and I think there was probably a "spirited" conversation on the sidelines, afterwards, because it was after that point that a light just seemed to come on and he looked like his old self again. To me, that is a sign that there was more than just an injury holding him back. There was a lack of focus/fire, for whatever reason, and he just needed something to get him back in gear. I realize this is just speculation on my part, but I think basic understanding of human nature and seeing how that switch suddenly flipped makes it a plausible theory. ChrisXVI and dam1953 like this.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.