CMAC Moves the chains.

[saints4lifeagain]

5 minutes ago, Peppers90 NC said:

He isn't dogging CMC or anything to get defensive about. Kamara had an exceptionally efficient year. Almost so good how is it possible to improve on it rather than take a step back? We shall see.

I think, as far as efficiency, he has to take a step back. He had a historical season for a reason. His YPT is unsustainable. 

From an ESPN article:

His overall efficiency, though, is going to be straight up impossible to keep up. The 23-year-old ran the ball 120 times for 728 yards, an average of more than 6.0 yards per carry. Think about all the great running backs you've seen over the course of your lifetime. In the modern NFL -- since the AFL-NFL merger -- just eight backs have pulled that off once during their careers. It's a list that includes O.J. Simpson, Barry Sanders, Jamaal Charles and Adrian Peterson.

Not a single one of those players pulled it off again during their careers, let alone in the following season. Not one of them made it to 100 carries while averaging even 5 yards per carry. Kamara is an extremely talented runner, but there are a few Hall of Famers on this list, and even they couldn't keep it up. While he could see more volume, he won't be able to keep this pace.

The third-round pick also caught 81 passes while averaging 10.2 yards per catch, which is remarkably high for a running back. The only back with a minimum of 60 catches last season to top that mark was Todd Gurley, who we'll get to in a minute. According to ESPN Stats & Information research, only 14 backs have topped those numbers since 2001. Again, it's a legitimate group of stars, which includes Le'Veon Bell, Brian Westbrook and Chris Johnson.

None of those guys was able to top 10.0 yards per reception with that sort of workload again. If we go back through 1970, I can find five players who pulled it off twice during their careers, and only four who did it in consecutive seasons: Keith Byars, Marshall Faulk, Herschel Walker and the delightfully named Amp Lee. Repeating his feat wouldn't be unprecedented, but Kamara would be the first back to pull this off since the turn of the century.

It's possible that Kamara could hit 1,554 yards from scrimmage and 13 touchdowns again, but it's going to take a larger workload for him to get there. The Saints might very well hand him that workload given that Mark Ingram will be suspended for four games to start the season, but even if Kamara's fantasy numbers look the same, the Saints can't expect him to be as effective on a carry-by-carry and catch-by-catch basis. And when Kamara isn't, it will drag down the effectiveness of what was one of the league's deadliest offenses a year ago.

[Snake]

12 hours ago, saints4lifeagain said:

Stacking the box and having Brees throw all over your porous secondary isn't figuring out the scheme lol. He had over 100 yards against Minnesota. Exposed how?

77 of Kamaras 141 rushes in the regular and post season were between LG and RG. 

Brees barely made it to 30 points. Only reason we didn't dominate you is because we had one WR with one arm. Don't expect such a thing to happen this year. 

[X-Clown]

10 hours ago, saints4lifeagain said:

You can literally watch the first 6 minutes of this video and almost every carry is right up the gut. I stopped at 6 minutes because I don't need to watch it for it to tell me what I already know and showed you.

 

It was painful to watch all the missed tackles that Kurt Coleman had in this video

[Manther]

1 hour ago, saints4lifeagain said:

I think if you're expecting giant holes in your running game this year, you'll be dissapointed. The oline, imo, is markdedly worse than last year. Now, playcalling can help, and not running dives into the back of you blockers helps, but guys also have to block. 

I do see Norv doing a better job of getting CMC in space. I'd like to see him be more decisive, and cut for a reason, not do the Reggie dance, which, by all accounts this offseason, he has. 

I'm not expecting giant holes, I'm expecting fewer walls.

[saints4lifeagain]

2 hours ago, Snake said:

Brees barely made it to 30 points. Only reason we didn't dominate you is because we had one WR with one arm. Don't expect such a thing to happen this year. 

Barely made it to 30 lol.

2 hours ago, X-Clown said:

It was painful to watch all the missed tackles that Kurt Coleman had in this video

Tell me about it. Same reaction. Because he's a Saint lol.

[BigSyke]

4 hours ago, saints4lifeagain said:

I never said Kamara could run through walls, and I know what CMC had to deal with last year, and with an even worse oline, will probably deal with it again this year. Look at the playoff game when the Panthers decided the run game wasn't going to beat them and stacked the box and run blitzed. Kamara averaged 2 YPC. He's not a magician. 

I'd be lying if I said I thought CMC was as good as Kamara, as I don't. I think CMC is a good back, and his statistics didn't necessarily show that last year. However, I think Kamara brings a bit more to the table, in ability to break tackles consistently. There aren't many times you ever see the first guy to hit Kamara bring him down, and that's why he led the league in forced missed tackles per touch. 

I realize scheme and oline play a big role for every RB, but if you can watch his film, or even those highlights and not come away seeing a special player, you don't want to.

 

Only thing I notice different is Kamara seems to have a better build(stocky) which gives him much more power than CMC. He might have better vision too.

I know stats say he's a WAY better catcher and more elusive, but I don't know if I see a big gap in those departments on the field.