If it’s felt like everything has been hard for Alvin Kamara on rushing downs in recent years, you’d be right. It’s not enough for the porous New Orleans Saints offensive line to struggle in front of him. Kamara’s play callers have let him down, too, with predictable play designs keying in defenders to their intentions.
Thanks to charting shared by Steve Palazzolo, head of football product at Pro Football Focus, we can see that just one running back has ran against more boxes with 8 or more defenders lined up than Kamara since 2021: Derrick Henry, who twice led the league in rushing yards...
Continue reading...Thanks to charting shared by Steve Palazzolo, head of football product at Pro Football Focus, we can see that just one running back has ran against more boxes with 8 or more defenders lined up than Kamara since 2021: Derrick Henry, who twice led the league in rushing yards...