Alvin Kamara: The reason the Saints will win it all again
The New Orleans Saints can win another Super Bowl, and rookie running back Alvin Kamara will be the reason why. Here’s evidence…
The NFC is as competitive this season as I can remember it, and the New Orleans Saints are right in the thick of it all.
Despite the NFC South being so close at the top with two teams at 11-5 (New Orleans, Carolina) and one at 10-6 (Atlanta), I think the Saints have a great chance of coming out and representing not only the South, but the NFC in general in the Super Bowl.
I also think the Saints have a very good chance of winning it all this year, and there’s one major reason for that:
Rookie running back Alvin Kamara.
Kamara was drafted early in the third round by the Saints, and many thought in the pre-draft process that you could get out of Kamara pretty much exactly what you could from Christian McCaffrey, who was a top 10 pick of the Panthers.
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McCaffrey was incredible this season as a receiving threat out of the backfield, but Kamara proved to be the more effective all-around player, out-gaining McCaffrey by nearly 500 all-purpose offensive yards.
Kamara averaged over six yards per carry as a running back, and caught 81 passes while racking up a total of 13 offensive touchdowns (8 rushing, 5 receiving).
The production of the rookie Kamara was a sight to behold, and mainly because we didn’t see a large enough sample of him at Tennessee to really get the kind of idea that he could be this good in the pros.
Some may have seen it coming, but I didn’t think we’d see it this quick.
Kamara is a weapon as a running back:
.@Saints @A_kamara6 moves the chains in an effortless gliding motion. Smooth as silk. #BaldyBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/XFOpXmW9QA
— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) January 4, 2018
He’s a weapon all over the formation:
.@Saints @drewbrees to @A_kamara6 is so difficult to defend because of all the positions he lines up in. #BaldyBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/tN014NqRg7
— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) January 4, 2018
He’s got speed, vision, and power:
.@saints @A_kamara6 runs this play that everyone in the #wildcard weekend has; but not everyone has #41 to run it. #BaldyBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/wQWQXHYFtf
— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) January 4, 2018
This is a player that can really do it all, and to me, he’s the key for the Saints winning it all this year. He’s such a dynamic weapon, I don’t know how teams are going to defend the Saints over the course of the playoffs with their offensive weaponry.
It’s going to take a complete breakdown on New Orleans’ part not to ‘glide’ into Minneapolis for the Super Bowl, even if they do have to go on the road or play a division foe for a third time.
This player is absolutely unbelievable, and he’s turned out to be the bigger, better version (somewhat) of what Darren Sproles used to be for New Orleans.