AsylumGuido

Healthy Alvin Kamara prepared to show off his old, new self with New Orleans Saints

Alvin Kamara assures that he'll be ready to hit the ground running when the New Orleans Saints get ready to play.

He often couldn't say that with confidence last season.

Literally, sure, the former NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, 2017 All-Pro and three-time Pro Bowler could run. But it wasn't the Kamara-level running that Kamara has grown to expect to deliver, and that he was delivering until he said he injured his knee six weeks into the regular season, against the Jaguars.

"Jacksonville week, I tore my knee, basically," Kamara said. "That was something I was dealing with the whole season. Had to miss some time, which I don't like to do, came back (and) tried to play as best I could, tried to manage it throughout the week.

"Our training staff did the best they could. They were working with me behind the scenes every day, trying to get me as close to 100 percent or as close to A.K. – (to) feeling like myself. I tried to put my best product out on the field, and sometimes it was enough, sometimes it wasn't. I just didn't want to let my team down. At times, there were situations where in my head, I'm like, 'I shouldn't be out here.' But it's just that kind of urge in me to be like, 'I need to be here to help my team. What if I'm not in and there's something I could have done?' "

In the five games before Jacksonville, Kamara averaged 68.4 rushing yards (4.56 per carry) and 48.2 receiving yards (9.3 per catch) per game, and posted his only game with a touchdown rushing and receiving.

In his final nine (he missed two with injury), he averaged 50.6 rushing yards (4.7 per carry) and 32.6 receiving (5.3 per catch).

He totaled 797 rushing yards and 533 receiving, scored six touchdowns and went to the Pro Bowl, but after 805.5 rushing yards, 767.5 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns in his first two years, Kamara was a bit dejected that he couldn't do what he's capable of doing. And it showed.

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SmashMouth

If he tore his knee up last year, not sure no surgery will have sufficed.

saintsfan1976

He'll have an incredible season.

Peat is trim and ready. The line is now one of the fastest in the league.
Cooks is healthy.
Sanders will pull coverage away.
We have monster blocking WRs.

AK is in for a huge season!

AsylumGuido

There are varying grades of tears, Smash. A grade three (completely torn in half) is the most severe and always requires surgery. A grade two tear (stretched and partially torn) may or may not require surgery, but would most likely prohibit playing on it. A grade one tear is when the ligament is stretched with minimal tearing. While it can still be painful, it still provides enough stability to use and will usually fully heal without surgery. Since Kamara was playing with the injury it pretty much had to have been a grade one injury.

Rugby Saint II

Let's just hope he stays healthy. Payton likes to use him like a work horse.