What's a reasonable contract extension for Kamara to avoid possible holdout?

insidejob said

I remember how dominant he was even this year before getting hurt, but he'll always be splitting carries as long as he's a Saint. Sure, he should have a bigger contract than Murray because of his versatility but nothing like $15M since he'll never be a 3 down back. Honestly, I don't think any RB is worth what these top backs are paid. I think $9M is the most we should be willing to pay. That's double what Ingram was paid when here and more than double what Murray is making.

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I think that's a perfectly reasonable take, and I think I mostly agree with it. But I'm seeing a lot of "Kamara is on the decline" type posts, which is where I take issue. He was very obviously hurt this season, and not the same player. IMHO he should have either been shut down for the season or from weeks 6 through 16.

It's not intellectually honest to hold him to the 2nd half of this season as who he is as a player - that's not him. You could potentially make the "injury prone" case and that's a whole different conversation. But he's a great running back, when healthy.