Alvin Kamara is being pushed down fantasy draft boards despite coming off another productive season. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
One of the essential truths in fantasy — applicable to all sports — is that we eventually become bored by players who are reliably, predictably and relentlessly great. We cannot wait to move onto the next big thing, even when the previous big thing remains dominant.
Invariably, the best value picks in any draft are the bankable veteran stars who are still performing at or near their peaks.
With this fact in mind, I would like to call your attention to an ADP situation that seems like pure theft.
Alvin Kamara finished as the overall RB5 on a per-game basis last year and he’s been one of the steadiest fantasy producers in the current era, yet early drafters have made him the RB17 in half-PPR formats. He’s absolutely buried in our 2024 position ranks, too. High-stakes players have banished him to the Dead Zone. It’s wild.
Just in case it somehow slipped your notice, Kamara actually finished second among all running backs in receptions (75) and targets (86) last season, despite missing four games (three of which were due to suspension). He averaged 89.2 scrimmage yards per game, made six house calls and caught a career-best 87.2% of his targets.
At 28, Kamara definitely remained capable of producing weekly highlights:
Whatever your opinion of Derek Carr might be at this stage (probably not favorable), at least the man recognized the completion percentage cheat code that was suddenly available to him.
New Orleans didn’t make any significant depth chart-altering enhancements in the running back room in the offseason, so we can feel secure about Kamara’s role in 2024. With apologies to Kendre Miller and his zealots, the second-year back has not made Kamara (or the delightful Jamaal Williams) expendable just yet. The hierarchy in the Saints backfield remains unchanged.
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Publish date : 2024-06-25 14:02:36
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